{"id":57737,"date":"2023-08-11T21:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T01:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=57737"},"modified":"2023-08-11T21:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T01:12:18","slug":"chicago-native-dj-casper-creator-of-the-cha-cha-slide-dies-at-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/11\/chicago-native-dj-casper-creator-of-the-cha-cha-slide-dies-at-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago native DJ Casper, creator of the &#8220;Cha-Cha Slide,&#8221; Dies at 58"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57738\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/william-perry-jr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/william-perry-jr.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/william-perry-jr-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>The American songwriter &#8211; whose real name is William Perry Jr &#8211; is best known for creating party anthem Cha-Cha Slide which topped the charts in 2000 and is still as popular decades on.<\/p>\n<p>Perry&#8217;s first and only hit record, &#8220;Casper Slide Pt. 1&#8221; \u2013 also known as &#8220;Cha Cha Slide&#8221; \u2013 was created by Perry 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 &#8220;Casper Slide Pt. 2&#8221;, which was picked up by Elroy Smith at Chicago&#8217;s radio station, WGCI-FM.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3568059789\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The song became a hit in Chicago in 2004, when the city&#8217;s M.O.B. Records record label became involved as well, helping Perry create a whole compilation album with other Chicago-based artists to promote the dance. &#8220;Cha Cha Slide&#8221; was later picked up by Universal Records.<\/p>\n<p>Perry made an appearance as a DJ in a season 6 episode of <em>Orange Is the New Black<\/em>, in Crazy Eyes&#8217; hallucination of the prisoners and guards line dancing to the Cha Cha Slide.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2016, Perry was diagnosed with kidney cancer and neuroendocrine cancer. After an unsuccessful surgery the same month, he began chemotherapy. In an interview in July 2018, he stated he was in remission. 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