DJ Celeste Alexander grew up on the South Side of Chicago in Hyde Park. Attending Kenwood high school, she knew that her neighborhood’s cultural... Read More »
Celeste Alexander
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DJ Celeste Alexander grew up on the South Side of Chicago in Hyde Park. Attending Kenwood high school, she knew that her neighborhood’s cultural... Read More »
Lora “Lori” Branch grew up in a large, conservative household on Chicago’s South Side. It was a space suffused with jazz and pop music, and a... Read More »
Resident DJ at the Shelter through its entire life as well as at Medusa’s. Co-founder of PURE... Read More »
DJ Jesse De La Peña spent his early years in South Chicago and South Deering listening to album oriented rock on WLS and The Loop. As a high... Read More »
A true DJ’s DJ, Andre Hatchett may be one of the juice bar era’s most beloved artists, yet he is almost unknown outside Chicago. As he... Read More »
Darlene “Lady D” Jackson grew up in Washington Heights in a family that loved all types of music; the blues, jazz, country and western,... Read More »
Jevon Jackson was a rebellious rocker kid growing up in the late 1970s on Chicago’s South Side. His first exposure to house music came courtesy... Read More »
DJ Duane Powell grew up between the Roseland and Auburn Greshem neighborhoods, on 81st and Wolcott. With uncles who were DJs, and a mother who was... Read More »
DJ Dana Powell grew up during the 1960s in Gary, Indiana, where he participated in school music ensembles in addition to getting involved in some... Read More »
A teenage wizard on the decks who became part of the second WBMX Hot Mix 5 crew, William “Bad Boy Bill” Renkosik is perhaps best known... Read More »
DJ Michael Serafini came up in an Italian family on Chicago’s South Side. Growing up in Bridgeport, and later near Midway, he always knew... Read More »
Marea Stamper left high school at the age of sixteen to become an “adventure capitalist.” She spent her teens taking cheap flights to and... Read More »
David “Risqué” Walker, aka The Global Groove Guru, may be best known as the dancing Indian at The Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, but his... Read More »
Vocalist, DJ, and producer Shaun J. Wright grew up in the near-west suburb of Maywood, but spent much of his time with family around Chicago’s... Read More »