DJ Duffey

**LaTosha Duffey** (also known as **DJ Duffey**) is a main cast member on the fifth and tenth season of **Basketball Wives**.

She works as a DJ, and has served as Currensy's official DJ and has spun in Amber Rose's SlutWalk protest march in 2015. She has also been an official DJ working for rapper French Montana for four years.

She previously married NFL player Brian Jackson, and later had a son named Heir together. However, they would later divorce. In 2016, she would get engaged to NBA basketball player and agent Iman Shokuohizadeh. They would later welcome a daughter named Shadi in 2020.

Duffey is introduced in season five as a friend of Brandi Maxiell. Brandi throws a party for her arrival in Los Angeles, with Malaysia and Duffey initially clashing over her cold attitude. However, Duffey begins warming up to Malaysia after witnessing her loyalty to Brandi. Afterwards, Angel Love begins fighting at Malaysia for confronting her on behalf of Brandi, which causes Duffey to jump in their fight. Then, Duffey offers to direct and collaborate on a music video for Tami Roman's daughter, Jazz. At the same time, Jackie Christie attempts to have Duffey make amends with Angel Love after their altercation. Afterwards, Tami and Duffey begin to have creative differences regarding Jazz's music video, which results in Duffey getting fired from the project, and it almost leads to a physical altercation between the two. Duffey then apologizes to Tami's daughter Jazz in an attempt to make things right with Tami. She later travels to Portugal with the girls, where Duffey initially has second thoughts about her decision to come on the trip. Afterwards, Tami and Duffey get into a physical altercation, which results in Duffey being sent home from the trip early.

During the tenth season, Duffey is confronted by her husband Iman, regarding the idea of quitting her career as a DJ after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later on, she attends Angel Brinks's gender reveal, and Duffey expresses her disappointment about her partner, Roccstar, not proposing to her. She also spreads information about Angel not being happy in her relationship. This reaches to Roccstar, who threatens to ruin Duffey's relationship with Iman. Afterwards, Duffey decides to end her career as a DJ, and wants to become a producer next. Afterwards, Duffey reconciles with Angel after airing out her personal business. Roccstar also says that he is no longer mad at Duffey after hearing their conversation. During the girls' trip to Las Vegas, Nia Dorsey gets into an argument with Angel and Duffey after she talked about her at her gender reveal party, and Duffey accuses Nia of trying to drag her into the situation. This results in Duffey disinviting her and her sister Noria from her final DJ gig. Later on, the sisters and Duffey attempt to settle their differences, which ends with Duffey throwing a paper plate at them, and Brooke Bailey throwing a glass at them. Meanwhile, Duffey and Brandi's friendship starts to strain, then reaches a breaking point when Brandi feels that Duffey does disrespectful gestures when she speaks. Duffey then apologizes. At the same time, Duffey and Iman start attending counseling. Afterwards, the girls travel to Mexico, where Duffey celebrates her re-engagement to Iman. Then, Brandi and Duffey come together to hash things out. Then, Duffey officially re-proposes to her husband. During the reunion, Duffey and Brandi officially make up.

## VH1 Cast Member Description

### Season 5

LaTosha Duffey is a successful club DJ engaged to basketball agent Iman Shokouhizadeh. She moves to L.A. with big plans to take over the DJ scene, but when Duffey and Tami Roman team up to work on a music video, their styles clash and the two go head-to-head. Will their friendship survive one of the biggest fights in Basketball Wives history?

### Season 10

DJ Duffey is still engaged to basketball agent Iman Shokuohizadeh but has been unable to commit to taking the next step in their relationship. With communication issues arising between her and Iman as well as with some of the women, Duffey knows she needs to make a big change. Can communication therapy help Duffey fix broken relationships, and will she finally commit to walking down the aisle with Iman?

## Trivia

* She briefly dated the rapper known as Drake.
* Before becoming a DJ, she worked at a Enterprise Rent-A-Car firm.
* She studied at The University of Texas at Arlington, where she played Division 1 basketball for four years.
* She was originally inspired by DJ ASAP.
* She grew up with a father who served in the military, and a mother who was a college basketball player.