Rapper and former LSU basketball player Flau’jae bare her soul on “Remember When,” a gut-kick of a track dedicated to her late father, Savannah rap legend Camoflauge. The feeling is real, the hurt is rough, and every bar sounds like it’s holding up a thousand unspoken moments.
Camoflauge, whose birth name was Jason Johnson, was gunned down in 2005, just before Flau’jae was born. She never knew him, but she keeps alive his legacy through her voice. And on “Remember When,” she doesn’t just rap at him, but she burrows back through time to bring him up into her world.
The heartbreak arrives like a punch in the gut: “I was born in a family it was already torn / My mama couldn’t smile when she had me, she had to mourn …”
It’s heavy, lyrical, and painfully honest. No filters. No sugar-coating. Just a daughter grappling with the fallout of a father she knows only through pictures, stories, and records.
The music video, shot in muted black and white, brings Flau’jae’s narrative to life. She’s pictured alone at a piano, her voice quavering with determination and doubt. At the same time, memories rush by onscreen, flickering images of Savannah streets, archival footage of Camoflage in his prime, and peaceful moments at his headstone, and every frame is like a throb.
But this is not only a memorial but a testament to everything Flau’jae has evolved into. Stitched into the video are snippets of her high points, like her breakout on America’s Got Talent, studio shots with Lil Wayne, and gripping highlights of her college basketball days. It’s a full-circle homage, a potent reminder that her father’s rhythm runs in her blood.
At the end of the video, there’s one image that says it all: “Jason Johnson, aka Camoflauge (1981–2005).”
As much as Flau’jae is creating her path in the music industry, she’s getting recognition for her skills in the court as well. ESPN’s Full Court Press is following her path with two other top women’s college hoops players. And, as if all that wasn’t enough, she’s also been taking her bars on the road, hitting cities such as Boston, Toronto, and Denver as a part of BossMan Dlow’s DLOW CURRY Tour.
But “Remember When” is not about hype but about healing and legacy. It’s the story of a young woman transforming pain into purpose with poise, power, and poetry. Flau’jae’s voice is young, but the soul is timeless. And in this latest release, she is not only telling her story; she is telling that of her father.
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