Tag: dj funk

A cast of friends and family come together to honor the life of one of Chicago's dance music pioneers on Sunday April 6 2025 at the Park West.

We just unearthed this video from 5 Mag's five year anniversary project archives in which the legendary DJ Funk talks about the history of ghetto house music, where it came from and what it's about.

Nobody captured the energy and fun of house music better than DJ Funk.

DJ Funk, one of the pioneers of ghetto house music and a dance music icon, has been "bravely battling stage 4 cancer" but now "doesn't have much longer left," in an appeal released by his family. Funk is now "facing the heartbreaking reality of planning for his final farewell."

After more than 30 years in the Chicago house music scene, Black Sjuan has learned some lessons. And picked up some stories. He shares both in equal measures in this legendary 5 Mag feature interview.

TECHNO WAR is a compilation Chicago's Legendary DJ Amar was finishing prior to his death in March 2019.

Friends and fans pay tribute to Chicago techno, house and ghetto house producer and pioneer DJ Amar who died on Monday.

New Sounds from the Underground: Here's a Chicago homage to maybe the only song in House Music history that's a full-on meme.

The strange history of Video Clash, a Chicago House classic.

The rebirth of Detroit and the metro area is a shock but not a surprise. Decades after the city was given up for dead,...

"Just some good ol' funky House Music": Musician, DJ, producer and Dance Mania impresario Parris Mitchell mixes down a new DJ set and sits...

We stand today in praise of the Icon, Dance Mania star and Ghetto House legend DJ Funk. The man behind party anthems including "Knock Knock",...

Amidst the noise of the Holiday weekend in Chicago, you might have missed that the city's Ghetto House icon DJ Funk just dropped a...