21 Facts About Adrien Nunez

Adrien Nunez was born on May 14,1999 and is an American social media influencer, singer-songwriter, and former college basketball player.

Adrien Nunez was not highly regarded as a high school basketball player at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn but he excelled during a postgraduate year garnering many scholarship offers and earning accolades at St Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut.

Adrien Nunez, who is of Dominican descent, was born to Jenny Lessard and Martin Adrien Nunez in Manhattan, New York.

Adrien Nunez played on his middle school basketball team and then attended Millennium High School in Lower Manhattan for his freshman year, where he played a year of basketball before transferring to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.

Adrien Nunez played junior varsity basketball there as a sophomore.

Adrien Nunez was a reserve for Bishop Loughlin varsity basketball as a junior and senior.

Adrien Nunez only had a NCAA Division II basketball scholarship offer from Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts upon graduation.

Adrien Nunez did have strong interest from future Michigan assistant coach Phil Martelli to play for him at Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia.

Adrien Nunez committed to Michigan in early October 2017 following his official visit to Ann Arbor.

Adrien Nunez finished his high school career ranked as the 305th best basketball athlete and 62nd best shooting guard in the national class of 2018 per 247Sports' composite rating.

Adrien Nunez visited Michigan on September 29,2017, gave a verbal commitment on October 2, and signed a National Letter of Intent on November 10.

Adrien Nunez joined a Michigan's 2018 class which included Ignas Brazdeikis, David DeJulius, Colin Castleton, and Brandon Johns.

Meanwhile, Adrien Nunez earned individual honors as a student athlete with three consecutive Big Ten Conference All-Academic recognitions.

However, Adrien Nunez said that the only time during his career that he contemplated transferring to another school which might have offered a more prominent role on the court was immediately following coach Beilein's surprise spring 2019 departure.

Adrien Nunez played professionally for Dominican Republic basketball team Metros de Santiago in 2023.

Adrien Nunez had a multi-million follower fan base on TikTok as a senior.

Adrien Nunez was added to the C2C: Country to Country music festival lineup in the same month.

In late November 2024, Adrien Nunez signed to Warner Music Nashville and Warner Records.

Adrien Nunez achieved 50 million views and 5 million streams in his first days as a creative artist as well as hundreds of thousands of new TikTok followers.

On January 9, Adrien Nunez was highlighted alongside country artist Zach Top among the 50 selectees to the Shazam Fast Forward 2025 Artists based on predictive assessment and insights of trends from its data and algorithms.

Adrien Nunez was noted for his traction in South Africa.