The most important way to start the new year is to reflect on the old one.
LSU has become popular in the media due to its abundance of viral moments in recent years. From winning National Championships to rappers giving the school a shoutout, 2024 was a successful year for LSU. To celebrate the start of 2025, take a look at some of the best pop culture moments for LSU from last year.
Sports
LSU Gymnastics made history last year when the team earned its first NCAA Women’s Gymnastics National Championship. On April 20, 2024, LSU Gymnastics took home gold, making LSU’s National Championship total rise to 52.
It was a record breaking event where five gymnasts scored 9.9+ in the final rotation, making it one of the best LSU sports moments of 2024.
Music
In June of 2024, LSU student, women’s basketball star and musician Flau’jae Johnson released her second studio album “Best Of Both Worlds” where she acknowledges her busy life balancing her music and basketball career. On the fourth song on the record, “Came Out A Beast”, listeners received a feature that felt like home.
Lil Wayne and Flau’jae collaborated on this song and each gave LSU a shoutout during their verses when they rap “Yeah, and I go to LSU and I be reppin’ it like I’m Joe Burrow (Yeah),”
Social Media
LSU athletes teamed up at Michael Rubin’s popular “All White Party” and went viral for an iconic picture.
Celebrities are invited to party at Rubin’s mansion in the Hamptons, on the coast on New York every summer. Former LSU football players Odell Beckham Jr., Ja’Marr Chase and Joe Burrow were pictured in their all white attire, with the LSU gymnastics star Livvy Dunne. LSU football fed into the virality of the picture by posting it to X, with the caption “Why not LSU?”
TV
Six LSU athletes were featured in the 2024 Prime Video docuseries “The Money Game: LSU.” The show premiered on Sept.10, 2024 and highlighted NIL deals of gymnast Livvy Dunne, LSU women’s basketball forward Angel Reese, LSU men’s basketball guard Trace Young, track and field star Alia Armstrong, LSU women’s basketball shooting guard Flau’jae Johnson and 2023 Heisman winner Jayden Daniels.
The show addresses the NIL policy change in 2021, how it affects players and how it will affect future ones. This series is also produced by LSU legend Shaquille O’Neal.
Fashion
Everyone knows that LSU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kim Mulkey brings game and style to the court.
The coach’s outfits are always a surprise to fans, adding more excitement to a game. Some of Mulkey’s most popular looks were from the 2024 season. Mulkey has no fear when arriving at a game in an extreme look. She’s not afraid of straying away from the classic LSU colors: purple and gold.
One of the most popular looks from 2024 was a rainbow striped, sparkly pantsuit at the LSU v. Middle Tennessee game, held in the PMAC. Like many of her outfits, this one caused some commotion online.
Travis Scott also deserves an honorable mention for fashion in 2024 at LSU. The rapper collaborated with Michael Rubin’s brand Fanatics and multiple colleges across the U.S. to create a limited edition streetwear collection with each university.
LSU students lined up for hours outside of the LSU Bookstore to purchase merchandise and hopefully take a picture with the rapper.
