He was one of the pioneers of the sound we call ghetto house music in Chicago,' his friend DJ Slugo told People Thursday in an email. 'We love and miss you my brother, and I won't let our sound die.' ...

DJ Funk, the Chicago producer who created and named the subgenre of ghetto house, is dead. He was 54, per The Guardian, though other sources report his birthday as June 20, 1971. DJ Slugo ...

DJ Funk/Facebook 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 ...

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 ...

"He was one of the pioneers of the sound we call ghetto house music in Chicago. We love and miss you my brother, and I won't let our sound die." Notably, the circumstances leading to DJ Funk's ...

“It’s just crazy… it’s a really sad day. It’s a touchy moment for me… All of us came up in the ghetto house world. Still to this day, the music we created isn’t respected throughout ...