After receiving a scholarship to Michigan State University, Pennsylvania teen and local star athlete Jay Harris’ dreams of pursuing a career in Hip Hop have resulted in the Downingtown East football player and high school senior being stripped of his scholarship to the East Lansing, Michigan school.
According to Philadelphia’s The Inquirer, a Michigan State spokesperson stated that the decision to pass on Harris’ scholarship to the college was a “mutual” one. Harris even shared that the decision to pursue a rap career was one that he’s pondered over for quite some time.
“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,” the teen athlete revealed to The Inquirer.
Harris, who goes by the stage name Jay DatBull, is currently preparing for the June 1 release of his album and also has plans on linking with Cleveland producer M. Stacks in the near future. M. Stacks has worked with the likes of Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller and reportedly reached out to the teen personally.
“I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get, and for him to like my music and reach out to me, I really appreciated that,” said Harris.
The accompanying video to Harris’ single “DatBull 4 Life” can be found below.
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WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT.
LOL!
Fuck wrong wit that boy
haha….god damn. See what you did Chief Keef?
3:26 of my life I would like to have back. And his parents should beat his dumb ass daily for making bullshit music over getting an education
Should have stayed with the football.
Should have stayed in school.
this is sad sad news, this kid got a golden ticket and he messed it up with wanting to be a rapper, he can do that in his spare time. going to college specially Michigan State University is an honor.
His chances of going to school are over I mean smoking blunts live. Doesnt seem to bright to me
Please DX let this be some sort of trolling, this article and accompanying video are tools conducted by your editors to troll us while we work…please please….
but if thats the case then other websites pull the same trolling stunt..
yeah he real dumb for that shoulda went to school try to get to the nfl then rap dumb ass
LOL this jerkoff has ZERO future in music…what an idiot…he’s gonna be on suicide watch in 10 years mark my words
What a DUMB ASS!!! Whats wrong with these young guys now these days. How you gonna pass up a Scholarship just because you want to be a rapper. What he should have done is take the scholarship still play football and do the rap thing on the side in case the football career doesn’t work out. Kids don’t have any idea how hard it is to sell album now these days. Bad MOVE Jay Harris. I sure hope you make it in the music business cuz if you don’t you are gonna regret it for the rest of your life.
If that was my son oh LAWD who knows what I am gonna do to his ass. There is no way in hell you would be able to come tell me that shit…. Oh sure son I will support you no matter what… YEAH RIGHT…. I will be like boy if you don’t take that scholarship. MOVE OUT AND GET YOUR OWN PLACE…. hope you can take care of yourself.
cosign. esp the moving out part
If he was nice on the mic I would have no problem with his decision. But he is giving up a free education (which he prolly could have gotten into some classes that could’ve helped his rapping) for this silly shit. Homie this was more than likely a huge mistake if this is your sound.
oh dear oh dear…
Those people are not your friends young man they’re probably supporting your rap career because they’ve been waiting on your downfall
dumb nigga!! hes gonna regret that when he seens people from his school his age being drafted and making millions while hes still tryna get a record deal and pop like millions of other people are tryna do in the rap world..smfh again dumb nigga
Making it in the nfl wasn’t a sure thing either.. millions of ppl try to make the nba nfl etc.. so you sound stupid
how many people you see get a D1 scholarship to michigan state to be a star athlete.. now how many people you see try to become rappers?..actually you sound pretty stupid
even if he didnt make it to become an athlete.. he could of used the time to get a degree so if all else failed hed be able to become successful in the real world..
some ppl like you just have to small a brain to see the big/long term picture in life.
and hes wack..OUCH! who the fuck is his life advisor?!?!
what a fucking idiot
IDIOT. Fucking idiot. I’m so mad at this BS…wow. IDIOT.
Please tell me this is a joke….
WOW, WHAT A DUMBASS…..
What college are you dummies at? Exactly your on the internet blogging lifeless taking shit so serious wow its his life bro.
so bec people are on a website (which is used by everyone in america) that means people are in college or dumb..sit all the way down
are not*
@ali is fuckin dumb lmfao. the internet is used to colleges to. how you know people dont blog from college..idiots think people on the internet are on the internet bec their bums..dont take the time to realize the internet is used all over america including college students.. which i am. smfh
Well i’m a college graduate you imbecile. Why would you make a ridiculous sweeping statement like that ?
WOWWW WHAT A JOKE! KID SHOULD STICK TO FOOTBALL
the song is terrible BUT, since he got all this exposure from turning down the scholarship, he’ll be able to make a career off of haters like soulja boy and lil b.
his video’s already got 90,000 views
and then if he’s gotta a label pushing him….
all you people are gonna help prove yourselves wrong, watch
YUP! So True !
I don’t see why he couldn’t have do both. If he doesn’t want to play football, fine. If he is giving up football ONLY to rap he is making a terrible decision.
you can not smoke weed and play ball at the same time.NCAA gives drug test.
its not cool to be a rapper anymore look at retards like soulja boy gucci mane chief keef riff raff and v-nasty, anyone can get a record deal but not anyone can be a pro athlete
theyre all rappers but none of them have talent either. They arent putting up huge numbers. They arent selling out arenas. They don have huge endorsment deals. none of that
gucci spits.
keep you scholarship hip hop aint for you!
who told this dude he got a chance at rap!
What a dumb shit. You could get an education and rap. That would be the smart thing to do. Have a fucking backup plan.
co-sign
take the scholarship if you care anything being at pro at something and thats football!
hey why those he get to be featured on Hiphopdx, for his football skills?
I DON’T SEE WHY THIS IS EVEN NEWS…THE KEY WORD IN THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IS “FOCUS”.
This will be the last time we ever hear of Jay Harris…way to go dumbass.
I’m glad he isn’t wasting Michigan State’s money… now they can spend it on someone that will actually care about the program… kid looks stupid anyway
Good luck young man. I think you f*cked up big time but go with yo heart
I really hope this kid knows what he’s doing
I guess he didn’t consider the option to keep playing football, get yourself a Mac, a microphone and start spitting in your campus room?? was that not enough for him to consider? damn
Only rappers to sell fewer units than this scrub are Puhsa T and Theodopolis London.
…this nigga would fit in perfectly with all the other wack niggas at YMCMB. Once he kisses Wayne on the lips he’s in….that’s how you got in, right?
total fail. never gonna hear from this “bull” again. rather listen to soulja boy sing opera then hear this clown rap
if he was smart; he would have kept this part of himself under wraps but he is wack anyway so who cares. another soulja boy prodigy.
what a clown… shouldve went to school, get good education and be set for life!
urban culture is destructive. he had an opportunity to make something of himself with skills god gave him, but decided to pass on that opportunity so he could follow a dream he has no natural talent in, and nothing that will make him stand out of the other 10 million black teens that think they are capable of being famous rappers. of course, he could have gone to college AND written raps on the side, but then his gangster image would be compromised. fuckin idiots man i swear.
lmao…what ever made you think he was nfl bound…
Key words “college and written raps”. Even if not NFL bound he still could have gotten a degree in something, being that he would have had to pick up a major anyway, “AND written raps”. Some people just don’t think that far and it hurts to see.
His mama must be so proud.
Uh…Rapping isn’t a career. You just do it. You might make some money, you might never see a dime…but money or fame should never be a goal for doing it anyway. It’s just and option you choose to take or not from it.
I wish rappers only made 40k a year from doing it and this shit would be fixed instantly. People are blindly following anything that looks like it can get you famous now and days…Sad
EPIC FAIL
Just another example of today’s misguided youth. The ignorance of the people reflecting the ignorance of the music.
Live your dream bro. Fuck the haterz. YOLO
This nigga still says yolo
LMAO ^
Y.O.L.O – You Only Lose Obviously…that does fit him…and you.
questlove is still a porch monkey. check out pgrandreport.com they have some good stuff too.
My favorite line in the song. “Im ripping tracks up like a beats and i got words like a poet.”
He prolly smoked his first blunt over the summer and thats was where this decision manifested.
ctfu, fail. hes wack as shit.
porchmonkey:
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seriously tthis nigga ugly.
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his black ass should shave he look like some creature from zaire or congo kinshahsa
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fuckin racist.
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quest the monkey man
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MOMMY! HE LOOKS LIKE AN APE>
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Anonymous:
wow! chicken out of everything. black people are making me ashamed. wasn’t mary j blade singing crispy chicken the other day on saturday night life and nas did a song called i love fried chicken. smh
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ugly ass porch monkey.
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Anonymous:
jimmy fallon: how are u today, bushy baboon
?love: Good, as long as get my crispy drum sticks with some ananas
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this nigga look like a monkey.
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Anonymous:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moHHzmgvZXY they should use mary j blige for their commercial. lol!
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bonzo’s boss:
i was at the zoo at the monkey place and i had a bucket of drumsticks which i was sharing with my girl. my girl in her hysteria knocked the bucket into the place where the monkeys were before i could say ?love the drumsticks had disappeared, bones and everything. my girl was like “now i know why black ppl love chicken”
MARY J. BLIGE: (singing) sweet fried chicken!! CH-CH-CHickken!! I love my sweet fried chicken, soft as it can be!!!
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doesn’t he look like a morch ponkey
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loll dis nigga sucks. go back to playing football and hit the books retard.
Chief Keef all over again, this kid doesn’t have Don’t Like tho ….
chief keef gave up a sports scholarship? damn dat nigga talented…
lol if that’s the case, you hater lames must hate yourselves
If this nigga makes it ima start raping.
your gonna start raping lol u mean rapping
Looks like this nigga gave up college too with his non-spelling azz
Raping didn’t work too well for me…rapping did a little.
damn…he skipped out on football for that?…somwhere deep inside i was hoping this nigga would sound like Nas…I bet his parents are sick……
I thought he would be smart rapping because he about go school lol
I’m throwing up if this nigga spittin
lmao at the white dude in the background throwin up signs
O_o this nygca’s friends are the worst…turned down possible NFL entourage money for struggle rap entourage money? only in PA LOL
that nigga not going to the league he better off using whatever money he get off this lame idea to hire friends as shooters are something…
Or better yet…use that D1 scholarship to get a fuckin degree and have something to fall back on. Not no hood dream.
Of course general consensus is that this niggaz is a idiot. But i do give him props for having the balls and faith and stepping out trying to achieve his dreams. I hope it works out….cause if it dosent…and he finds himself struggling for 99 cent junior bacon cheese burgerS ,and he has to resort to working at a movie theatre or some shit…….he might kill himself. He won’t be able to even watch football…especially when michigan state is on tv….and he sitting around in a popeyes chicken uniform with greasy nikes ,dusty from the chicken batter…..LMAO
What sides do you want with your meal?
LOL! damn that shit was funny, but True.
u all act like he chose to rap instead of taking the scholarship
Do you know what “mutual” means dick head? SMFH!
fuckin idiot… im a rapper my damn self and even i wouldnt do this dumb shit and fuck off my future for some maybe money and he aint even good… but he smoking weed on camera like a dumbass… i can understand if he had some legit notoriety like he talkin wit meek mill and ross about mmg this nigga said m.stack… WHO THE FUCK IS THAT!!!! AND A PRODUCER TAKES MONEY OUTTA YO POCKET NOT PUT IT IN U IDIOT!!! OMG MY PPL MY PPL
i think the guys being sarcastic..
What a fucking idiot…. His and his bum ass friends probably steal all of the music they listen too…. Hip Hop fans don’t buy music… Bum ass niggas can’t afford $10. So who the fuck is going to buy this bullshit? Another clown gives up on going to college to be a follower! SMFH! #Fail!!!!
niggas can afford 10.. its just who the fuck wanna spend money on the bullshit comin out now adays..normal ppl work 2 hard to throw money away on a keef or wayne album
*Him and his
this nigga is trash…at least he had the balls to make a choice that was unconventional shout out to him.
MAKE DIFFERENT AND BETTER MUSIC!!!
yeah lets shout out a nigga who just tossed away a D1 scholarship to a beast school for a ‘rap’ career lmao.. this deserves the donkey of the day award
while i don’t think he should give up on rap, if he’s good enough to play ball, he should just do that as well as possible and fall back on rap. he’d at least have somewhat of an angle too, similar to j.cole
i blame chief keef
keef is better the this .lol
If I’m the Greatest Rapper Never then this boy is the Worst Rapper Ever!!! EVER!
They really need to fix all these concussions.
Its sad how people are gonna just fuck up their future like this.
My video is a masterpiece compared to this and it wasn’t even high budget. Just the right talent involved with it. Do check it out. YouTube.com/realsteviebmusic
Peace from India
Fuck you and your video you smelly indian
Shoulda went for the football….
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….*Face palm* talk about dumb decisions! Poor decision for sooooooo many reasons. But he younger so i guess he gotta learn the hard way…smh. I feel bad…..good luck to him.
real shit
“The hard head gotta feel it to believe it.”
Mos Def
5% of the worlds population has a bachelors degree and he just gave away a free ride to obtain one.
ask all the unemployed people with degrees if they think getting that degree was worth the cost. Degrees dont mean shit these days.
nobody has a degree because they aren’t real
Degrees don’t mean shit? Bullshit. They open doors. It might not even be the door your degree is in, but it does open doors. Your better off with than not. You can make it without, sure, but it make making it a little easier. Just saying.
in 10 years when he realizes he fucked up hes gonna join the nfl concussion lawsuit
shut the fuc up the kid said he always wanted to tell his parents but couldnt say maybe he was playing but didnt have his heart in it…he is chasing his dream get of his nuts
By the way you are defending him, sounds like YOU need to get off of his nuts!
hahah ownd
In other words, this nigga wasn’t ready to give the trees up.
stupid motherfucker… someone shoulda told him not to quit his day job
He could of done both I think
some self sacrificial shit here
devotes himself to his higher power
this looks caked up too
get some better evidence
is that a white guy in that video smoking with him?
Why is the title of this article so negative? He didnt lose anything he CHOSE to take another path. always with the negative outlook
actually his scholarship offer was taken away cause of the videos
lmfao….. what a dumbass nigga. he sucks at rapping…
Lets see, he chooses a career harder to succeed at, plus politics plays a major role, also most artists get bent over. When he couldve chose a career he could control with his talent (barring injury) plus less likely to get bent over AND he couldve simutaneously kept making music, maybe left football after he was SURE his career was going to take off. How much thought did he put in this?
it says teen athlete in the article right? he barely looks 18 alright. his dad or his momma for that matter must be introducing him to their leather belts every afternoon for this shit! smh! niggas would kill for a scholarship, he throws it away to smoke blunts in a car and spit like soulja boy’s understudy. my lord
Ayyyyyyy MEN
they prolly passed after they seen this video…smh. young nigganeed to focus and try to make it to tha league so he cud start his own fukin label! fuk startin from the bottom if u got Div.1 talent! (those opportunities dont normally come around twice)
you guys are being harsh…this guy’s just as talented as kanye if not more
freebasing lead paint chips again, I see.
Jay DatBull >Tupac
*throws on DatBull 4 Life white tee*
*smokes weed in a car*
*ditches scholarship*
*is a bawse dawg*
That’s gotta be the first time I’ve seen a rap video with a tree house scene in it.
“i try to take advantage of every oppurtunity I get…except for a scholarship to play football.”
Hollllly shit ifigured for him to pass on a scholarship hed be sick…i was fuckin wrong.
You might want to rethink that decision.
i cant even read the comments to this yet before i make the STATEMENT YOU FUCKED YOUR LIFE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the weed do went to this niggaz head=Ignorance is bless
…bliss?
chief keef and the grown up crack babies got these niggaz all thinkin this is music! This is why the culture of hip hop is truly failing. Them old white boys in them sharp suits are rubbing there hands together laughing like dr.claw!
damn!!!,,he could of went to school,,,learned more about the music business,,came in the game with a better since of judgement,,,the weed be tellin niggas lies,,duke your music,,is non cipher kid
somebody slap fire out of young dude,,,tell him to knock it off,,,,get that education,,,,,he trying to rap for the wrong reasons,,,all the bitches are in college he could of built his fan base in there,,,but nooo!,,wack rappers influence other wack rappers,,,,he isnt thinking right,,,,somebody sit this kid down and build with him,,,lord knows he needs it
MY NIGGA SMFH. u gave up a perfect football scholarship for this smfh. no disrespect G but u aint shit, things aint gonna go to well for u
IDIOT OF THE YEAR.
If thats a mirror of society, society sucks…
This guy a dumbass!
So you passed up a chance at football to be a part of a industry that is bleeding to death??
IF you had made it to the NFL the football fans wouldnt be able to download your games for free and take money out your pocket, alot of these rap niggas broke as fuck in spite of what they tell you in they songs,…. Your a fucking idiot and I hope DX keeps following this story to show the world what happens when you throw away oppurtunity to chase a pipe dream
Im from Philly and my bro lives up there ..he like my neohews age ..never heard of this cat on power 99 or 107.9..he is crazy ..he could have went to school and still rhymed …He couldn’t have been my son ..iIwould have beat him like the dude with the belt for his nephew with the gang signs..dude beat and rhymes are weak
A smart young person would have thought, “Free education. Hmmm. I can go to college on a football scholarship, major in music, red shirt my first year (therefore spending 5 years on campus), and start my MBA during my 5th year. Play football AND prepare for my music career basically for FREE!!!”
SMH.
Is this what the game has come to. In the end, this is a very stupid decision, maybe the dumbest decision of the year. He should be tried in court for a class 1 felony. But……he is a young and dumb kid who was misled somewhere by someone. Judging from the video and song, he’s not a good rapper, but….when has not being a good rapper stopped people from getting signed these days. He could have easily used his scholarship to advance in the music industry with a major of his choosing at one of the top division 1 schools in the country. From the looks of the video, he probably would have got kicked out for failing a drug test, so he probably did us black folks a favor by turning down the scholarship cuz Lord knows we don’t need that drama. It’s sad he will look back at this decision one day and realize what a dumb ass mistake he made, so let this be a lesson to the rest of us to lead the generation under us on the right path.
This is by far one of the stupidest decisions that someone can make.
hes comin up like soulja & lil b
ok he is either dope as hell or plain stupid… im going for the latter… nothing could stop him from rapping.. he could still record while playing football and possibly make it to the NFL… have financial security and selling records…smh…his parents must have looked at him and said you’ve got to be dumber than a athlete without a prenup… just a waste
This is just plain shameful. Kid just threw his life away.
Why this guy hanging out in a tree house?
LMAO>…lol
Rofl!!!! This guy sucks!!!! He passed on millions just to be broke? The “lyrics” suck so bad and lets not get started on the video. This is why hip hop is dead. If people pay close attention every “rapper” talks about the same ideas. -money,cars,hoes,booty,sex,money,drugs,chains,guns,strippers and More money- all to a different beat. The “music” now has no meaning. I had to convert to other forms of music because All rappers from 2003- present are frauds of the 80s and 90. Females included (cough, cough) niki minaj- “I am you leader” rofl Sike!! Maybe the leader of K-12th grade… :-/
how did he pass on millions…hasn’t even practiced a lick to make the michigan state team…athletes on scholarships ride the sideline too…never get drafted…guess who wasn’t paying attention…lmao
This kid is fucking idiot plain and simple. Where were his parents, family and coaches to help guide him, however you can lead a horse to water but you cant make them drink. At the same time, didnt Big Sean give up a scholarship to the University of Michigan to pursue music as well?…but anyway This kid gets the dummy of the millenium award.
let me add, I know what its like to get a free education. I got a scholarship to get my MSW and there was no way i was sabotaging that. Its a shame that no one sees the value in education anymore. Its not about getting a great job, its about broadening your horizon and continuing to learn about life, yourself and to open doors and create opportunities for oneself. As a black man I will say that some young blacks make it so easy for other races and ethnicities to succeed.The young blacks now arent competing for anything but a rep and some hood credibility.
He’s on DatBullShit music
That’s real life, people. You can’t get a scholarship and not take school seriously. If anyone fucked up here, it’s the “rapper”.
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It’s sad how messed up this young mans priorities are. Hopefully there is someone in his life that can help steer him on the right path. He obviously needs a lot of guidance.
you may be right, but i think of all football players on scholarship that went pro from msu and decided i can’t choose sides
but i checked the video and realized he’s an old soulja boy fan
Okay, I’m not sure why this dude didn’t think he could do both. I played football in college and I knew two dudes who rapped. If you don’t have the understanding of how valuable education is you do dumb shit like this. So, what did he say “Save your thousands of dollars I want to not get a free education and talk about an unrealistic depiction of life.” What you mean you want to rap and not go to school, this is the dumbest dude ever, what’s his twitter name, it’s not too late Imma talk some sense into him.
as for education, we should all know everybody doesn’t learn, they just want to pass, plenty of graduates out here broke as well as ged’ers getting good money
stop talking down to him and talk to him
LMAO nigga should have stuck on football cause he sucks at rapping
lmao dis nigga fuckin garbage shoulda stayed wit football
look at it this way: if his rap career doesn’t work out this time around, he can attend community college, get a degree, and become an intern weed carrier like spliff star
Follow your dreams mate. Regardless its what makes you happy in life not others. Props for taking such a huge step with High Risks, comes High rewards. Best of luck