South Carolina WBB suspends DJ after controversial song choice during LSU game

South Carolina’s athletics department has suspended its women’s basketball in-game DJ following a controversial song choice and subsequent social media post, USC announced Sunday.

The DJ, known as DJ T.O., will be suspended for South Carolina’s next home game against Auburn on Sunday, Feb. 2.

“We are addressing Friday night’s inappropriate in-game song selection and subsequent Instagram post by the DJ who is hired to work our women’s basketball games,” the statement read. “Her actions were understandably upsetting to Flau’Jae Johnson and her family and disrespectful to the LSU program and fans. 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, and we apologize to Flau’Jae, her family and LSU.”

“As a result of her actions, DJ T.O. will be suspended for the next women’s basketball home game, and we will meet with her to provide further education on our expectations of her in the future.”

At the end of South Carolina’s 66-56 win over LSU on Friday, DJ T.O. played a song in Colonial Life Arena by rapper Camoflauge, the late father of LSU star Flau’jae Johnson.

A fan pointed out the use of the song on an Instagram story, saying that “playing Camoflauge at the end of the game was crazy.” DJ T.O. reposted that story with the caption “My bad” followed by a laughing emoji.

Johnson took to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday to voice her displeasure with the music choice and the DJ’s social media post.

“I’ll take my L on the chin, but this just nasty behavior,” she said. “Nun funny bout that.”

LSU fans on social media were also vocal with their displeasure. DJ T.O. later posted that “People will find something to be mad about … just let them.” That social media post was shared shortly before Johnson’s.

DJ T.O. then issued an apology on X shortly after Johnson posted her comments.

“I apologize for playing ‘Cut Friends Instrumental’ at the game yesterday,” she said. “It is never my intent to disrespect anyone or offend anyone when my job is to have fun and make sure other people have a good time. I’m from the Lowcountry/C-Port area so I’ve been playing it for years, even at other games, but I shouldn’t have played it at yesterday’s game. I play it on every radio station I’ve ever done from NC, GA, & SC & grew up on Camoflauge so it’s never played with ill intent or as a joke. I can’t control how anyone takes it but I can’t take responsibility & apologize.”