How to Pronounce DJ Casper
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May 31, 1971 Brooklyn, New York, United States 52 years old
American DJ and songwriter
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About Dj Casper
- Willie Perry Jr.
- (born May 31, 1971), best known as DJ Casper, is an American songwriter and DJ.
- Perry Jr.
- was raised in Englewood, Chicago, and is known as Casper because he almost always wears white clothing on stage.
- He is also known as Mr.
- C The Slide Man.Casper's first hit record, "Casper Slide Pt.
- 1" — also known as "Cha Cha Slide" — was created by Casper for his nephew, who worked as a personal trainer at a Bally Total Fitness in 1998.
- After the song grew in popularity as an aerobic exercise at fitness clubs and PE in schools, Casper created a second song in 2000, titled "Casper Slide Pt.
- 2", which was picked up by Elroy Smith at Chicago's radio station, WGCI-FM.
- The song became a hit in Chicago in 2004, when the city's M.O.B.
- Records record label became involved as well, helping Casper create a whole compilation album with other Chicago-based artists to promote the dance.
- "Cha Cha Slide" was later picked up by Universal Records.
- In January 2016, Perry Jr.
- was diagnosed with kidney cancer and neuroendocrine cancer.
- After unsuccessful surgery the same month, he began chemotherapy.In an interview in July 2018, he stated he was in remission.
