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Footwork, also called juke, [2] 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. [3] The music style evolved from the earlier, rapid rhythms of ghetto house , a change pioneered by RP Boo , DJ Rashad and DJ Clent.
Teklife (commonly stylized as Teklife57) is an electronic music collective and record label from Chicago, Illinois.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 ...
The late 1990s saw a rise in juke music (also known as juke house or Chicago juke), [6] as a faster variant of ghetto house. [10] Juke songs are generally around 150–165 BPM [7] with kick drums, pounding rapidly (and at times very sparsely) in syncopation with crackling snares, claps, high hats, samples in very short increments and other sounds reminiscent of old drum machines.
For many activists and community organizers, George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer was a blunt reminder of Chicago's racial divide and history of police brutality ...
George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. [2]
On May 28, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot compared Floyd's murder to the murder of Laquan McDonald, saying "there but for the grace of God goes Chicago." [8] Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown required officers to watch the video of Floyd's murder and undergo training on positional asphyxiation.
Demonstrations and protests were held in at least 30 communities around the state, with major demonstrations happening in Chicago. The vast majority of demonstrations were peaceful, though there were several instances of property damage or violence attributed to demonstrators or counter-protestors, the worst of which occurred in Aurora.
As the event became more popular to the general public, Black people from all regions of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe came to participate in it. At its peak in the 1990s, the event attracted well over 250,000 people each year. [12] Also the event was a major economic stimulus for the Atlanta area. It is estimated by 1994 ...