{"id":11289,"date":"2023-07-22T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T18:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=11289"},"modified":"2023-07-22T13:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T18:21:36","slug":"florida-am-pauses-all-football-activities-in-wake-of-unauthorized-rap-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/florida-am-pauses-all-football-activities-in-wake-of-unauthorized-rap-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida A&amp;M pauses all football activities in wake of unauthorized rap video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/florida-am-rattlers\/\">Florida A&amp;M<\/a><\/strong> paused all football activities following a release of an unauthorized rap video shot inside the locker room, according to head coach Willie Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Real Boston Richey released the song \u201cSend a Blitz\u201d and Simmons announced the decision Friday night. It was just hours after the song\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCWillieSimmons\/status\/1682579345313878016?s=20\"> released a statement<\/a> on social media announcing his decision while there\u2019s an internal investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"yDzJW4AkP\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X70jA7mbhR\">pic.twitter.com\/X70jA7mbhR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coach Willie Simmons (@HCWillieSimmons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCWillieSimmons\/status\/1682579345313878016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>The song contained explicit lyrics but the fact the song video was shot in the locker room without proper authorization led to Simmons\u2019 decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege to wear the Orange and Green and as a football program our young men have failed to live up to the standard set before us,\u201d Simmons\u2019 statement read in part.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/florida-am-rattlers\/news\/florida-am-pauses-football-activities-rap-video-locker-room-willie-simmons\/\">Florida A&amp;M pauses all football activities in wake of unauthorized rap video<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida A&amp;M paused all football activities following a release of an unauthorized rap video shot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}