South Carolina apologizes for playing song by LSU rival's dead father at college basketball game
South Carolina apologizes for playing song by LSU rival's dead father at college basketball game
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The University of South Carolina has apologized for the 'disrespectful' use of a song by late musician Camoflauge during the No. 2 Gamecocks' 66-56 win over No. 5 LSU during a massive women's college basketball game. Camoflauge, born Jason Johnson, is the late father of current LSU star Flau'jae Johnson. He was murdered while walking his toddler son in Savannah six months before Flau'jae was born in 2003.
![[USC's MiLaysia Fulwiley passes the ball while guarded by Flau'Jae Johnson of LSU]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/13/94594685-14333443-image-a-10_1738069489111.jpg)
DJ T.O., who performs during Gamecocks games at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, played Camoflauge's song, 'Cut Friends,' late in the fourth quarter of the pivotal SEC matchup. As a result, South Carolina has suspended DJ T.O. for the Gamecocks' next home game.
![[Rapper Camoflauge (Jason Johnson) arrives at the release party for his album 'Keepin' It Real' on August 31, 2002 in Savannah. Camoflauge is the late father of LSU's Flau'jae Johnson]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/13/94594721-14333443-image-a-11_1738069530663.jpg)
'Her actions were understandably upsetting to Flau'Jae Johnson and her family and disrespectful to the LSU program and fans,' South Carolina said in a statement about DJ T.O. 'Conference rivalries and passionate fan bases should only serve to enhance sports, not be used to target individual players personally. We regret that it came to that in our venue after a game that saw both teams capture the level of national attention that women's basketball has earned.'.
Johnson's pain over the situated was exacerbated after Friday's game when she came across a flippant remark about the incident on Instagram. After one commenter wrote 'playing camouflage (sic) at the end of the game was crazy,' the DJ T.O. responded with a snickering emoji and the sarcastic reply: 'my bad.'.
