COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina athletic department announced Sunday that the women’s basketball team’s arena DJ has been suspended for one game for a song played at the end of the Gamecocks’ win over LSU on Friday.

The DJ, known as DJ T.O., is suspended for playing “Cut Friends” by Camouflage. The artist, whose real name was Jason Johnson, was the father of LSU player Flau’Jae Johnson. He was murdered in 2003, about six months before Flau’Jae was born.

Flau’jae Johnson posted on X:

The South Carolina said in a statement on X the DJ’s actions were “disrespectful to the LSU program and fans.” The post also said conference rivalries and passionate fan bases should enhance sports, not target individual players.

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The DJ who played a song by the late father of Flau’jae Johnson at Colonial Life Arena after South Carolina beat LSU on Friday is attempting to clear the air. The perceived troll gained more attention Saturday when Johnson, a guard for the Tigers, took to social media to express her disapproval.

Amid the criticism that she was receiving, the DJ, who goes by DJ T.O., issued an apology on X, formerly Twitter, to explain that it was not meant to be disrespectful toward Johnson. She went on to say that she has been a fan of Camoflauge, the stage name of Johnson’s father, for years and also played this particular song at other games.

“I apologize for playing Cut Friends Instrumental at the game yesterday,” she wrote. “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.”

However, many were not so quick to buy the apology, pointing out that the DJ had previously joked about playing the song on her Instagram account. When one user posted a story and said “Playing Camoflauge at the end of the game was crazy,” she responded with “My bad” alongside a laughing emoji.

“I’ll take my L on the chin, but this just nasty behavior,” Johnson wrote alongside a screenshot of that story. “Nun funny bout that.”

Johnson was not yet born when her father, whose real name is Jason Johnson, was shot and killed in 2003. She has carried on his legacy by also being a musician in addition to playing basketball, and is signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.

The LSU star is in her junior season and averaging a career-high 19.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists. She won a national championship with the Tigers as a true freshman in the 2022-23 season and will be eligible to enter the WNBA Draft at the end of this season.

Johson didn’t have the best game Friday, finishing with 13 points on just 6-of-18 shooting. South Carolina has now won 17 consecutive games against LSU.