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- In 2014, one of the most well-recognized figures in footwork and the leader of Teklife, DJ Rashad, died of drug overdose, shortly after releasing a critically acclaimed footwork/juke album Double Cup on Hyperdub.
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Footwork, also called juke, footwork/juke or Chicago juke, is a genre of electronic dance music derived from ghetto house with elements of hip hop, first appearing in Chicago in the late 1990s. The music style evolved from the earlier, rapid rhythms of ghetto house, a change pioneered by RP Boo.
- Juke, Footwork/juke, Chicago juke, Project house
- Ghetto house
- Late 1990s–early 2000s, Chicago, United States
Rashad Harden (October 9, 1979 – April 26, 2014), known as DJ Rashad, was a Chicago-based electronic musician, producer and DJ known as a pioneer in the footwork genre and founder of the Teklife crew. He released his debut studio album Double Cup on Hyperdub in 2013 to critical praise. He died in April 2014 from a drug overdose.
Jun 30, 2015 · But the scene was dealt a huge blow when arguably its most recognisable figure – DJ Rashad – died suddenly at the age of 34 in April 2014, six months after releasing his critically acclaimed album...
- Jacob Arnold
Apr 12, 2019 · With its origins in juke, ghetto house and ghetto tech, footwork was born in the streets of Chicago as the soundtrack to dance battles, lending it the “frenzied but controlled” quality coined by our guest music historian Sherelle. As a DJ and radio host, she chronicles higher tempos across the ages.
Jul 1, 2020 · In the years that have passed since footwork became a phenomenon in Europe, a younger generation of the Teklife crew took over the reins from Spinn and Rashad – who sadly passed away in 2014.
The group was founded by Rashad Harden and Morris Harper (DJ Spinn) in 2011 in the city's suburbs, but rapidly gained traction among international audiences for pioneering the dance music genre footwork (also known as Chicago juke), a sped-up derivation Ghetto house which itself had been a local flavour of house music.
Aug 27, 2017 · PUBLISHED: August 27, 2017 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: December 17, 2018 at 10:51 p.m. As a dance style, footwork has endured for three decades in Chicago, historically through battles, and in...
