Amid a turbulent, viscerally eerie beat, Kanye West’s voice emerges, “I was on opioids / I was on opioids.” The vocals appear on DJ Spinn’s new track, “True Story (Opioids),” a sampling from Kanye’s ...
When Jamal “Litebulb” Oliver started dancing in the Footwork scene, the Chicago-born style had just made its way to YouTube. Now, at least for a night, it’s at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The ...
Correction: This story has been amended to correctly reflect that Rand Sevilla’s name was misspelled. The style of music that Rand Sevilla and Eric Lee Gale produce together as Sich Mang is called ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Footwork is a fast-paced style of dance and electronic music that emerged from Chicago's West Side in the 1990s. Today, footwork is a global phenomenon. "We changed up the style of ...
Last month I saw Chicago footwork producer DJ Taye perform in the middle of the afternoon in 38-degree weather on a stubby stage set up in the street next to the Empty Bottle. His set was part of the ...
The godfather of footwork on how he turned Phil Collins and Snoop Dogg samples into transcendent, quick-paced dance tracks. RP Boo says he’s dedicated to helping foster the next generation of talent, ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Rashad Harden, a house music and footwork pioneer who performed as DJ Rashad, was found dead over the weekend in Chicago of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said Sunday. He was 34 ...