Flau’jae Johnson has been a multitasking phenom. She is a rapper who also plays basketball or vice versa, along with YouTube on the side. The idea behind everything is the same: to build a brand. Johnson is not chasing money, but rather, she is weaponising social media to represent who she is. Now, her brand has taken a huge leap with the announcement of her second Player Edition sneakers.

The LSU star revealed her first Player Edition sneakers in 2024, just a week after Paige Bueckers became the first college player to do so. Johnson has announced the release of her second Puma shoe, the All-Pro Nitro 2 PE. The shoes have a sleek design in pink shades. It is a low-top sneaker with a tan, textured upper and bright pink details with a big side logo and a thick, cushioned-looking cream sole. 

The design also has an accent of green to add contrast and personality. Watching the first look of her PE’s Johnson herself wrote, “Wow 💕💕💕💕💕”. The release date is not far away either.”The Puma All-Pro Nitro 2 Flau’jae Johnson PE will be released February 6, 2026, through Puma and select retailers in-store and online,” reported Sole Retriever.

It’s an important move for Johnson in her last year of college and essentially her NIL deal. Once she gets drafted later this year, her value will spike further. Johnson is expected to go as  No.5 by Tankathon. She could have done the same last year, but the hunger for a national championship made her stayback and the advent of NIL meant she had earning opportunities like these as well. 

Johnson could be next in line for a signature shoe from Puma once she carries her fame to the pros. They already have Breanna Stewart on their roster with her ‘Stewie’ line, and considering Johnson’s popularity, the brand could push her. They have already broken some barriers while signing her in the first place. Johnson is an LSU student, a school sponsored by Nike. 

The company pays the university $1M and provides nearly $5M in product each year in exchange for the school making Nike the exclusive supplier of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories of LSU Athletics. But Flau’jae Johnson stands out in her Puma shoes. There are no confirmed reports of a signature line yet, but it’s a possibility. Meanwhile, Johnson will continue on her quest to the National Championship while swimming in NIL money. However, the guard is taking nothing for granted. 

Flau’jae Johnson Isn’t Sleeping on Her NIL Blessings

Johnson was in the spotlight long before college basketball or even high school basketball. She started rapping at the age of 8, inspired by her late father Camouflage. The rapper was shot and killed months before she was born. “I feel like his legacy was cut short,” she says. “It was taken from him. That’s why I sometimes feel like it’s my duty to finish what he started.” While we don’t know her exact earnings from basketball and music, in 2024, she said her deals  “amount to about $4.5 million.” That was a major milestone for Flau’jae Johnson, and she intends to spend every penny wisely. 

“I remember being on shows and stuff like that, little 5-10 bands here and there, paying bills, and then it stopped,” Johnson said on the Still 400 Podcast. “You can’t get to how you can’t get too low, and then I just really, I’m really smart with my finances, I know this life-changing money for me. This is unexpected NIL to happen. So I ain’t finna trick at all. Yeah, I’m not like, come from a rich family, a rich kid, I’m the first millionaire in my family.”

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Johnson will most likely earn a lot more with time because she is a unicorn to the brands. She has an audience in the music world, the sports world, and even the fashion world to some extent. When basketball and NIL took off, she had asked her mother and manager, Kia Brooks, to insist that she continue with both. The decision could prove to be a masterstroke as Flau’jae continues shine off the court.