DJ Suddenly Covid Safety Advocate After He Starts Getting Song Requests Again
Walter Fountaine, known to local party-goers as “DJ Water Fountain Tha Drip God," had been throwing huge parties in Brooklyn for the past several summers. But last weekend, Fountain decided to host his biggest party since the start of the pandemic despite criticisms that the event would be risky at best.
“I ain’t think nothing of it,” stated Fountaine. “I just saw that the weather was nice so I was like ‘bet, we partying!’”
The Flatbush native completely disregarded CDC guidelines and safety protocols, until his DJ booth began to be warmed by people trying to make countless milquetoast song requests.
“I never appreciated how important personal space was until they were all in my face,” confessed the DJ. “People who came late to the party were asking me to play tracks I already played, then I had a lady demand that I play the original version of the ‘Cha Cha Slide’ as if anyone fucks with that version. But the last straw was when one dude with the hottest breath requested that I play ‘Return of The Mack’ in exactly 28 minutes so he can leave the party real quick and have it playing as he walks back in!”
“I needed an excuse to keep people away from my table then boom! It hit me. Social distancing, yo! We still in a pandemic, my guy!”
Fountaine then brilliantly decided to switch the party up by making it CDC compliant for his own benefit.
Barrington Williams, a 5-time Jamaican daggering champion who has attended every DJ Water Fountain party since 2011, said he witnessed the DJ’s transformation into a Covid safety advocate in real-time.
“The man just stopped the music and took an intermission only one hour into the party,” shared Williams. “I walked to the back to see what was going on and, no lie, I saw him getting vaccinated! After that, it was a wrap!”
Williams then watched his favorite DJ’s security team roll out two refrigerators full of various Coronavirus vaccines, three tubs of hand sanitizer, several boxes of N95 masks, and social distancing stickers to place around the dance floor.
“He told everybody to stay at least six feet away from the DJ booth and announced that he refused to play anymore Dancehall or Reggae because he knew the Caribbeans couldn’t resist the urge to whine up on each other. I thought he was buggin’, but he wasn’t wrong.”
Once DJ Water Fountain got started, he felt good about himself and continued his advocacy.
“I figured if we gonna do it, we might as well go all out. So I had the bartender offer up some new drink specials for anyone who would get vaccinated. We had ‘5 Dollar Bud Heavy & Pfizer,' '8 dollar Johnson & Johnson & Jameson shots,' and 'Two Modelos & a Moderna’ for only $10."
While the crowd was initially skeptical, they couldn’t resist the drink bargains and the good music.
“They eventually came around and enjoyed themselves,” said Fountaine proudly. “No one came up to my table for the rest of the night and we ended the party with a socially distanced Soul Train line!”
