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DJ Funk

Dance Mania, Chicago

Now how to describe the one and only DJ Funk? Pioneer? Party out of bounds? Ghetto House Icon? Growing up on the musically rich Westside of Chicago, DJ Funk was exposed to Chicago, New York & Detroit dance music at an early age. Developing from these influences, he started out as a teenage DJ at house parties, school dances, neighborhood clubs and selling mix tapes in the hood with his former "do or die" crew. Hip hop also was a big influence on DJ Funk and with his early DJ sets he helped push it into Chicago's club scene, back when it's wasn't popular or mainstream. Mixing house, techno and hip hop, Funk pioneered the "Ghetto House" and "Booty House Anthems" (for further reference see his release under the same title) sound and this sense of crossing boundaries has made his music so appealing and enduring to many people across different musical scenes. He has produced anthem after anthem of bouncing "Ass & Titty" and explicit lyrics dance music for his very own record company Dance Mania Records. Plus, Funk's remix resume reads like the who's who of dance music: Basement Jaxx, Justice, DJ Sneak, Fast Eddie and many, many more. Shake it just a little bit faster for a legend of underground dance music.