Dooooooo-Vaallllllllll

When I was growing up it was a little confusing to me that Duval County = Jacksonville, Florida.

My father explained to me the process of a consolidated city, which basically made the entire county of Duval...... The city of Jacksonville.

To make it a bit easier to understand... Back in the day the City of Jacksonville city limits were basically a 3-5 mile ratio from downtown.

About 40 years ago... October 1, 1968 to be exact, Jacksonville's city and county governments merged. Of course things were a bit more primitive then and before the merger the majority vote belonged to black residents.

So lets take present day Jacksonville.... we have taken "Duval" county to a new high. Actually I better say it right it right "Dooooooo-Vaaaaallllll"
This call and response chant/saying/greeting has taken on a life of it's own. People scream it out in the club, on the street, Jaguar Mike Peterson, and Paul Spicer scream it along with mascot Jaxon DeVille holding up his "DEW-VALL" sign. Did you see the video of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd yelling it at the Jag game?

You have to make sure to explain to the "outsider" how to say it right. Jay-Z couldn't quite get it and Barack Obama didn't really belt it out like I wanted him to. Needless to say my inspiration to write this was Michelle Obama really reppin "Doooooo-Vaaaaaaalll" at the rally on Wednesday.

About a year ago I had a pretty in depth conversation about the origins of "Dooooo-vaaaall". I hate to hurt some feeling's but it wasn't started by anyone on the radio, (Easy please stop taking credit), Bigga Rakin or Cool Runnings. After my conversation and a little research, I'm going to say the creator is Thrill da Playa from the 69boyz. He has been reppin duval, and screaming it for a long time.

I have even been to shows that he has done out side of Jacksonville, and he was still yelling "Doooooo-Vaaaaaaal". I'm sure I will get a few hate emails about it, but I am awarding him the creator title.