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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...