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| Gunned down before he took off. Camoflauge left behind a legacy. |
Rapper Camouflage was gunned down in 2003.
Jason Akeil Johnson, 21 was gunned down in cold blood in front of a Savannah, Georgia studio while playing with his son. It was an apparent revenge killing after Johnson was acquitted of murder. The death of 17 year old Kenneth Capers lead to a targeted attack.
The local police department determined that the shooting was the result of a drug deal gone bad. Camoflauge was allegedly a known drug dealer, and he had had an altercation in which he was accused of stealing from his drug supplier, and in turn of selling cocaine to a minor of 15 years, a sale which resulted in an overdose.
The suspects in the killing, Dorin Orr, Tomorris Geiger, Desmond Welks, and Stephen Edwards, were put on trial starting March 10, 2004, but were subsequently acquitted due to lack of evidence. No other suspect has ever been arrested, but people in the documentary "Camoflauge" say that the people of Savannah's black community know who did it but are afraid to come forward for fear they will also be killed. No one in the documentary says the murder had anything to do with drugs; instead, they say, it was about envy of Camoflauge's talent and impending success.
South Carolina Ladies Gamecocks basketball had to ice an arena DJ after she played Camoflauge's music to troll Louisiana State University Ladies Tigers Guard Flau'jae Johnson.
Johnson, a rapper and basketball player for LSU is the surviving daughter of Camouflage.
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| Flau’jae Johnson is considered a top pick in the WNBA. |
Johnson is signed to Roc Nation. She was inspired to pursue a rap career to continue her father's legacy. Johnson has appeared on The Rap Game and America's Got Talent.
No. 2 South Carolina topped No. 5 LSU, 66-56, on Friday night. The Gamecocks’ win ended the Tigers’ undefeated streak to start the season.
South Carolina’s official DJ, DJ T.O., played the instrumental version of Camoflauge’s "Cut Friends."
DJ T.O. reshared someone’s post about the song on Instagram and wrote "My bad" with a cry-laughing emoji.
"I’ll take my L on the chin, but this just nasty behavior. Nun funny bout that," Johnson wrote on Saturday.
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| Flau’jae with her idol Lil Wayne. They collaborated on her debut mixtape. |
South Carolina then addressed the incident.
"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 school said. "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."
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