DJ Casper, most popular for the gigantically effective dance hit the Cha Slide has passed on matured 58, his family affirmed.

The US MC and musician, genuine name Willie Perry Jr, beat the UK singles outline with the melody in 2004.


The Chicago-conceived star, who likewise made its going with dance, had been determined to have kidney and liver malignant growth in 2016 and had treatment.

His demise was affirmed to Chicago Television slot ABC7 on Tuesday by his better half Kim.

Notwithstanding being delivered almost twenty years prior, the tune has stayed a firm #1 at birthday celebrations and school and wedding discos.

First delivered in 2000, DJ Kasper made a second form after the tune filled in notoriety.

The track, otherwise called Casper Slide Section 2, turned into a worldwide achievement.

He once noticed how he had made the first as an oxygen consuming activity for his nephew.

'Something everybody could do'

The melody accompanied its own particular line dance enlivened by the Chicago venturing development.


The verses urged artists to "slide to the left/right", "applaud" and go "the entire way to the floor".

In a meeting with ABC7 in May, its maker, known as Casper for wearing all-white when in front of an audience, said he trusted the dance track would keep on filling in as a sign of the force of solidarity, local area and energy.

"I have quite possibly of the greatest melody that is played at all arenas: hockey, ball, football, baseball; they played it at the Olympics," said the promotion man, who once visited with funk and soul star James Brown. " It was simply something that everyone could do.