"He's an elite athlete, and he's been playing basketball since he was like 3 years old, so he was born to ball," Master P said of his son, Mercy Miller.
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Mercy is the No. 1 ranked basketball player in Minnesota for the class of 2024. Earlier this week, the 15-year-old committed to play his college basketball for the University of Houston.
Rapper Master P's son is a committed UH Cougar, and he's only 15
In a Zoom interview with ABC13's Adam Winkler from his home in California, Master P reveals his son turned down $500,000 from Overtime Elite, an NBA development league, to pursue a career with the Coogs.
"We have to think about education and our future," Master P explained. "We need something to fall back on. Our family is in a great situation, so we want to invest in education and have a plan B. What if he gets hurt?"
It doesn't hurt that the rapper, who used to live in Houston, still has family ties to the Bayou City.
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"My auntie coaches out in Houston," he noted. "My mom lives out there, so it's like, it's a family atmosphere."
Plus, playing basketball for UH is a family tradition. The rapper was a member of the basketball team in the late 1980s.
"My son is way better than me," he said with a smile. "He's the type of talent that can change an organization."
Master P: A proud father and an honest one, too.