DJ Rashad’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) October 9, 1979
Death Date April 26, 2014
Age of Death 34 years
Cause of Death Accidental Drug Overdose
Profession Dj
The DJ DJ Rashad died at the age of 34. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Chicago DJ best known for popularizing the “footwork” genre with albums like “Something 2 Dance 2”. He was found dead in his apartment due to blood clot complications in April 2014.
He began DJ’ing as a teenager and earned a spot on the radio station WKKC while in high school.
He founded Teklife, the DJ crew which raised the profile of “footwork”, an exciting and frenetic form of dance music.
Personal Life
His parents are Anthony and Gloria Harden.
He opened for fellow Chicagoan Chance The Rapper on the rapper’s 2013 tour.
How did DJ Rashad die?
Chicago medical examiners have concluded that the pioneering footwork and juke producer DJ Rashad, who died in April, was killed by a drug overdose. A new toxicology report has contradicted the earlier assertion, by Rashad’s cousin, that the musician died as a result of complications from a blood clot in his leg.