A full ride scholarship is a dream for so many high school students, especially those who are playing sports and want to make it to the pros. That’s not the case for Downingtown East High School’s wide receiver Jay Harris. Harris received a scholarship to attend Michigan State and play for a Division I football team as a freshman. He decided to pursue another dream instead: rapping.
Jay, also known by his rap name Jay DatBull, posted a YouTube video of one of his songs called “Datbull 4 Life”, which has received over 340,000 views so far, with a lot of negative comments and ratings. The video contained explicit lyrics and images, rapping about having sex, homosexuals and smoking weed. Michigan State got wind of the video and rescinded his scholarship. The school’s spokesman says the decision was mutual. How did Harris react? A lot better than most would expect.
He talked to the Philadelphia Inquirer about his new career passion.
“I’ve always had this in the back of my head, but never had the courage to tell my parents that this is what I want to do.”
He made the decision to quit football and focus on rapping about a week before the video came out. He’s expecting to release his debut album June 1 and is planning on working with producer M. Stacks, who has worked with rappers like Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa.
You can view the video below to determine on your own if it was worth passing up a full-ride. Some of the content is Not Safe For Work so you’ve been warned. After you view it let us know what you would do if your child said they wanted to give up their scholarship to rap?
