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Master P’s Son Hercy Miller Says He Chose Tennessee State For Basketball Because He Wants To Put The Spotlight On HBCUs

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR HBCUuuu Know&colon; In case y’all didn’t know&comma; Master P’s son Hercy Miller is one of the top high school basketball players in the nation&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Taking after his father’s hoop skills&comma; Hercy is one of the most sought after players&&num;8211&semi;with offers from powerhouse schools such as USC and Missouri&&num;8211&semi;and with all the attention he was getting&comma; he felt it was important to choose Tennessee State University over some of the major Division I programs to bring a much needed spotlight to HBCUs&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve always grown up being a leader&&num;8230&semi;I want to make a difference&comma;” Hercy told Stephen A&period; Smith following his big reveal&comma; with P alongside him&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Most people think that HBCUs are mid-major schools&comma; they can’t do it&period; They have a lot of pros who come out of HBCUs&&num;8230&semi;they just don’t have the spotlight&period; So with me&comma; I want to put the spotlight on all HBCUs around&period; I just want to see the bigger picture and change the narrative&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Master P agreed that his son’s decision would be a game-changer for the Black community and HBCUs&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is so big for the culture with my son going to an HBCU and going to Tennessee State&period; This is going to change the narrative&period; This is about economic empowerment and teaching that&comma; and being able to make sure that these HBCUs are in the spotlight&comma;” Master P told ESPN&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think this is a movement&period; I think so many kids behind him will be coming to do this now – I’m talking about top athletes like Hercy&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Master P&comma; Hercy and their family are continuing a trend of bringing attention to HBCU sports with their celebrity status&period; Former NFL star Deion Sanders brought his skills to Jackson State University&comma; where he serves as head coach&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;deion-sanders-son-changes-mind-about-playing-football-at-another-school-joins-dad-at-jackson-state-university&sol;">Deion’s son announced last November<&sol;a> that he’d be joining his father and playing football there&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or<span class&equals;"Apple-converted-space">  <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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