DJ Funk, the Chicago legend who coined the term "ghetto house," has died. The musician, whose real name was Charles Chambers, was 54. Funk's death was confirmed to PEOPLE by his friend and ...

DJ Funk, a Chicago-born musician and producer who coined the “ghetto house,” has died at age 54. Funk, whose real name was Charles Chambers, had been “bravely” battling stage 4 cancer before his death ...

Funk's friend and collaborator DJ Slugo confirmed the news in an email sent to People magazine on March 6, where he praised Charles by writing: "He was one of the pioneers of the sound we call ghetto ...

Trigger Warning: This article contains references to an individual's death. DJ Funk, a pioneering figure in Chicago’s ghetto house music scene, has died at the age of 54 following a battle with stage ...

For more than three decades, Thomas Kendricks, better known as DJ Slugo, has been DJing, producing, and celebrating ghetto house, a sound he helped pioneer. Slugo grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes ...

Nicolas Jaar has shared a new track from Chicago’s DJ Slugo through his “serial label” Other People. The track was made “in light of recent events” and was produced on “a cold but sunny morning by ...

Instrumental in creating the house subgenre, the late producer is being mourned by the dance music community. By Katie Bain Chicago-based ghetto house pioneer DJ Deeon has died. An update posted to ...

DJ Mustard continues to release videos from his debut album 10 Summers, and his latest drop is the retro-fitted "Ghetto Tales." The song sounds like classic '90s Too ...

Influential Chicago musician DJ Funk, credited with coining the term “ghetto house,” has died at 54. The news was announced by friend and collaborator DJ Slugo, who revealed Funk’s passing in a video ...

DJ Funk, the innovative Chicago producer who coined and helped create the ghetto house subgenre, has died, Resident Advisor ...