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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING THE LIFE, LEGACY OF DJ DEEON BOYD AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO HIP HOP
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd joined Ray Barney as a lead creator of the record label Dance Mania.; and
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd's style has been described as minimal and raunchy, a staple of the ghetto house genre.; and
WHEREAS, he was known for using the Roland TR-909 drum machine as the backbone of his tracks, with the instrumentals "pushed to the breaking point, asked to provide a waterfall of drum sounds."; and
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd released his debut EP "Funk City" in 1994; and
WHEREAS, he released his most successful work "Freak Like Me" in 1996; and
WHEREAS, he continued releasing a train of house classics including "Bomb 96," "2 B Free," "Wicked," "House-O-Matic," "The Freaks" and "Shake What Ya Mama Gave Ya."; and
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd is named in the Daft Punk single "Teachers" from their 1997 Homework LP album; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 the record label Numbers released four DJ Deeon Boyd tracks on the "Deeon Doez Deeon!" LP; and
WHEREAS, the Numbers label in 2016 released a Lee Walker remix of DJ Deeon Boyd's track "Freak Like Me" featuring Katy B and MNEK released on Defected Records and reaching No. 80 on the UK singles charts; and
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd also amassed a ghetto tech following.; and
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd in 2021 released the "Destiny" LP on the Teklife label, with the proceeds going to DJ Rashad's family after Rashad's death in 2014.; and
WHEREAS, DJ Deeon Boyd released the four EPs "Bad Robot," "Glasgow to London," "My CPU" and "Space Age Digital Pimp' over two days starting in May 5, 2023;
WHEREAS, in 2020 DJ Deeon Boyd suffered a number of physical and financial setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic and unfortunately passed away on July 18, 2023 after several bouts with cancer; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Dennis Deer, Cook County Commissioner 2nd District on behalf of President Toni Preckwinkle, the Cook Coun...
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