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Jacksonville DJ helped popularize the 'DUUUVAAALL' chant

One way Jaguars fans get fired up - the one of-a-kind chant made famous by Jags fans - "DUUUVAAALL"!

Action News Jax talked to the local radio DJ, Easy E, who said he's part of the reason the chant took off more than 20 years ago.

"So mad love to the people of Jacksonville who was doing the Duval chant, but I popularized it, right man," said DJ Easy E. " Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk - somebody else did, but Michael Jackson popularized it. Same thing with me. I took the word, I extended it, made it duuuval."

DJ Easy E said he heard people saying Duval in the streets and made it more creative by extending it.

"I heard it and I was like 'Man I'm gonna do something with that word. Duval, Duval.' So I took it and I extended it," said DJ Easy E.

DJ Easy E believes that the Jaguars will make it to the Super Bowl, and in the meantime he's working on something brand new.

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Posted by Russell Colburn Action News Jax on Thursday, January 18, 2018