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Rapper Lil’ Romeo signs to play for USC

Teenage hip-hop performer is star point guard at Beverly Hills High

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Lil’ Romeo is headed to Southern California to play basketball. The teenage hip-hop performer signed a national letter of intent to attend USC on Monday at a news conference held at a posh hotel near Beverly Hills.
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updated 12:15 a.m. ET Nov. 20, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Lil’ Romeo is headed to Southern California to play basketball.

The teenage hip-hop performer signed a national letter of intent to attend USC on Monday at a news conference held at a posh hotel near Beverly Hills.

Lil’ Romeo, an actor and rapper whose full name is Percy Romeo Miller, is currently a senior guard at Beverly Hills High. He averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists last season. His father, hip-hop mogul Master P, had tryouts with two NBA teams in the 1990s.

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“This is the most important thing I’ve had to do and hopefully it sends a message to kids across the country that education is more important than money,” Miller said at the news conference. “Getting a college scholarship is more important than winning an American Music Award, and I plan to be the best student-athlete I can be at USC.”

One recruiting service ranks Miller, a 6-0, 170-pounder, among the top 15 prep point guards in the country.

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