Chicago House star DJ Deeon dies aged 56
nme.comThe producer has suffered various health issues including cancer, multiple strokes, diabetes, quadruple bypass surgery and a leg amputation according to a 2020 fundraising campaign.
Last week, he shared a photo of himself on Instagram in the hospital with the caption “pray for me.”DJ Deeon was part of a group of Chicago-based house DJs in the early 90s that innovated the minimal, raunchy strand of house that became known as ghetto house.
The subgenre was driven by 808 and 909 drum machines and sexually explicit lyrics. Others within that cluster included Traxman and DJ Slugo.The producer was name checked in Daft Punk’s 1997 track ‘Teachers’ for his contributions to the genre, including the classics ‘Bomb 96’, ‘Wicked’, ‘Back 2 Skool and ‘House-o-matic’.Musicians and fellow colleagues have taken to social media to pay tribute to the ghetto house pioneer.
British electronic musician Mathew Herbert tweeted: “Very sad to hear about the death of DJ Deeon. Along with Paul Johnson, he taught me so much about how rhythm works in dance music.
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