{"id":24194,"date":"2023-07-18T13:19:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=24194"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:18:27","slug":"house-icon-dj-deeon-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/house-icon-dj-deeon-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago house icon DJ Deeon dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, 18 July, the electronic music scene is in mourning after the<strong> death of legend DJ Deeon.<\/strong> The news was made public this morning via the artist&#8217;s<strong> official Facebook <\/strong>page in a statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">I&#8217;m sorry to announce the legendary artist, producer, DJ, label owner and my friend Deeon &#8216;DJ Deeon&#8217; Boyd gained his wings today. The family thanks you for your support and will announce arrangements in the coming days. Thank you for your understanding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Details such as the cause of his death are still unknown. But <strong>Deeon <\/strong>had been recently dealing with strokes, pneumonia, chemotherapy and heart surgeries, among other health problems.&nbsp; Last Thursday, he made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cupz5leyVgy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>post <\/strong><\/a>from the hospital asking his fans to pray for him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Freak Like Me\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1PhCAJnEHWofxmJzvRjgQu?si=38813792adf7467a&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: WANNA GO BANG\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0PfCECNGl8Udewv4b7wOCs?si=80d970336ae74126&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The producer is famous for being a pioneer of the ghetto house scene, being one of the essential players in the transformation of the genre. He was also one of the inspirations for <strong>Daft Punk <\/strong>and creator of classics such as &#8216;<em>Freak Like Me&#8217;<\/em> and<em> &#8216;WANNA GO BANG&#8217;<\/em>, recently edited by <strong>HI-LO<\/strong>. Other artists such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/xceed.me\/en\/artist\/the-blessed-madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Blessed Madonna<\/a><\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/xceed.me\/en\/artist\/dj-godfather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DJ Godfather<\/strong> <\/a>have shown their support through social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our sincere condolences to his loved ones. <strong>DJ Deeon<\/strong>&#8216;s music legacy will never die.&nbsp; #DJDEEONforever<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP DJ Deeon. It would be hard to overstate his importance to Chicago and all of dance music. He was also an extremely sweet guy who will be missed terribly.  Damn.<\/p>&mdash; The Blessed Madonna (@Blessed_Madonna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blessed_Madonna\/status\/1681215354603724800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdjgodfatherdetroit%2Fposts%2Fpfbid084cgq5uaZQjA3EvW6qazCpkUquWeyYBsewyomfu2Rmqe5opnd42jG1BU8tEpZzPhl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"660\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, 18 July, the electronic music scene is in mourning after the death of legend DJ Deeon. 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