(AllHipHop News) Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports has already pulled in NFL, MLB, NBA, and WNBA players. It appears the management company is now eyeing tennis. Yahoo Sports is reporting 16-year-old Francis Tiafoe could be the next athlete to sign with the sports agency.
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According to the site, Jay spoke with Tiafoe and his family at a concert in Baltimore last month. It was apparently the young star’s story of immigrating from Sierra Leone to becoming the 5th ranked junior male player in the world that attracted Jay to Tiafoe.
The Maryland resident is consider a tennis prodigy. Tiafoe became the youngest champion at the Orange Bowl juniors event in 2013. He added an Easter Bowl junior championship in April.
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