In a recent interview with Billboard, Seattle Seahawks DJ DV One revealed that Russell Wilson’s relationship with Ciara has somewhat impacted how he thinks about his set lists.
When Billboard asked him which artists were most popular among players, the Seahawks DJ divulged that he has gotten plenty of requests for Future’s new music from members of the Seahawks. The requests understandably put him in an awkward situation.
Among the players, last year it was Drake and Rick Ross. This year, I’ve been getting a lot of requests for Future. But that dynamic is weird too, because I can barely play Future with Ciara running around and that’s her baby’s dad. It’s just that he has a dope-ass album out right now, players like to hear it, it definitely gets you pumped up — even though it’s low-tempo, it’s still stuff that you want to hear — and then you’ve got Ciara running up with little baby Future and she’s dating Russell so it’s like, “Oh f—.”
However, the Future-Ciara-Russell Wilson dynamic has not only complicated DJ DV One’s ability to play Future’s music. It has also made him hesitant to spin Ciara’s tunes.
“I also feel weird playing Ciara, because I was playing Ciara before she started dating Russell. I’d play “Goodies” and stuff like that for the crowd because it’s mainstream — it’s dance-y music, it’s popular, it’s stuff that you can get away with playing. Now that she’s dating Russell, I don’t want people to be like, “He’s just playing that because she’s dating Russell.”
Now this is the real crying shame. No one should ever feel compromised when playing “Goodies”. The song is a national treasure.
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