Deeon Boyd (October 5, 1966 – July 18, 2023), known under his stage name DJ Deeon, was an American Chicago house DJ, credited with pioneering ghetto house and helping create the Dance Mania label. [2]

Jul 18, 2023 · Deeon 'DJ Deeon' Boyd was a pioneer of the Chicago-based house music sub-genre "ghetto house." The genre is characterized by its minimal and raw drum machine-driven tracks,...

Jul 18, 2023 · DJ Deeon, the legendary Chicago DJ and pioneer of the ghetto house genre, has died. The news was confirmed in a post shared to his official Facebook page on Tuesday (18th) by his friend, and the page’s admin, Jim.

Sep 6, 2023 · DJ Deeon made “Da Bomb” in part to dispel rumors that his friend and collaborator DJ Milton had died. It appears on the 1994 release Funk City as well as the 2014 Dance Mania compilation...

Jul 18, 2023 · DJ Deeon was a pioneer of ghetto house, a house subgenre developed in Chicago in the early 1990s that was driven by 808 and 909 drum machines and sexually explicit lyrics.

Jul 18, 2023 · Chicago house icon DJ Deeon passed this week. The producer pioneered the "ghetto house" subgenre in the early 1990s.

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Jul 19, 2023 · House music innovator and ghetto house pioneer DJ Deeon, 56, has died. An administrator of his Facebook page took to the profile to share the tragic news.

Jul 18, 2023 · DJ Deeon has reportedly died, with tributes having been paid to the "ghetto house pioneer" and "legend" this week. The producer - whose name is understood to have been Deeon Boyd - is said to...

Jul 18, 2023 · DJ Deeon, legendary house music DJ and producer, has died at 56. Deeon 'DJ Deeon' Boyd was a pioneer of the Chicago-based house music sub-genre "ghetto house." The genre is characterized by...