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Willie Perry Jr. best known as DJ Casper is an American DJ and songwriter. 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.
Perry's first hit record, "Casper Slide Pt. 1" — also known as "Cha Cha Slide" — 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 "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 Perry 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. In 2019, Perry stated that he beat his liver and kidney cancers and said he is a changed man, stating "that was God's way of just slowing me down just a little bit."
Perry makes an appearance as a DJ in a season 6 episode of Orange Is the New Black, in Crazy
Mr. Willie “Casper” Perry is also known for his On-Air Personality with IHeart Radio Station WVAZ V103 Chicago. When it came time for him to create his own radio station he chose Casper Classic Radio where you could Stream 24/7 365 exclusively on our site. You can hear chicago house music, chicago steppers & skaters, blue’s and much more!
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