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 friend and ...

The Chicago house music scene is mourning the loss an iconic figure. Charles "DJ Funk" Chambers died earlier this week. He was a pioneer in the unique Chicago music style Ghetto House. The Chicago ...

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, a ...

Charles Chambers was a key innovator in dance music, speeding up beats and adding raunchy lyrics, and inspiring Daft Punk and Justice DJ Funk, the producer who coined the term “ghetto house” and was ...

'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.' ...

Prior to his death, the musician was battling stage four cancer, according to a recent GoFundMe launched by his family. Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

DJ Funk, the innovative Chicago producer who coined and helped create the ghetto house subgenre, has died, Resident Advisor reports, citing the late musician’s friend and collaborator DJ Slugo.