Music star Toosii labels Syracuse coach Fran Brown 'bozo' amid scholarship dispute

Several months ago, Nau’Jour Grainger, amended known by his signifier sanction Toosii, said helium would intermission his euphony vocation to prosecute his shot aspirations. His pivot led to an accidental with Syracuse opening successful 2026.

Grainger’s committedness to Syracuse was short-lived aft the rapper aboriginal announced helium would not articulation the program’s incoming recruiting class. Grainger pointed to caller comments made by Syracuse caput manager Fran Brown astir his assistance opportunity.

In a societal media post, Grainger argued that Brown's relationship of events starring up to his exit did not accurately bespeak what happened. The 26-year-old aboriginal described the manager arsenic a "bozo."

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Syracuse Orange caput manager Fran Brown during the 4th fourth against the Stanford Cardinal astatine JMA Wireless Dome Sept. 20, 2024 successful Syracuse, N.Y.  (Bryan Bennett/Getty Images)

"No coach, that ain't what happened," Grainger said successful a TikTok video. "I told you I wasn't coming determination nary more, and you consciousness similar you wanted to interruption the quality archetypal earlier I told radical what schoolhouse I was going to. (Brown) is simply a bozo for that."

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Grainger announced his committedness to the Orange Dec. 1.

"For each kid who ever had a dream, marque it reality," helium wrote connected X aft committing. "God's volition is the mode and nary 1 tin halt it not adjacent the devil. I wanna convey my lord and savior Jesus Christ for adjacent giving maine the spot to pursuit what I believed erstwhile truthful galore radical told maine I couldn't. Thank you to the radical who supported maine arsenic well, it ne'er spell unnoticed."

Brown suggested earlier this period that Grainger would vie arsenic a walk-on for 1 of the wide receiver roster spots successful 2026. Grainger was a wide receiver and a footwear returner successful precocious school.

Singer Toosii performs during his Naujour Tour astatine Tabernacle Aug. 15, 2023, successful Atlanta. (Prince Williams/Getty Images)

Syracuse brought successful 3 receivers during the latest transportation period. Brown besides acknowledged the anticipation that Grainger mightiness not deterioration a Syracuse azygous this fall, citing however the roster was being filled out.

"He's inactive reasoning astir it. ... I'm not truly definite if that volition hap due to the fact that we're getting much and much players connected the shot team," the manager said past week.

Syracuse Orange caput manager Fran Brown speaks to the media during the ACC Kickoff astatine Hilton Charlotte Uptown July 25, 2024, successful Charlotte, N.C. (Jim Dedmon/USA Today Sports)

Grainger took contented with Brown's framing and offered grounds to further beryllium his position. 

"That was ne'er the conversation," Toosii said. "The speech was, 'Y'all paying for my school.' That's what it was. If you lie, I've got receipts."

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Aside from the Orange, the Syracuse autochthonal besides reportedly visited schools person to wherever helium grew up successful North Carolina — Duke and North Carolina. 247Sports besides reported that Grainger landed a assistance connection from Sacramento State.

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