DJ Casper, Father of the ‘Cha Cha Slide,’ Dead at 58

Chicago native DJ Casper, who made one of the country’s most famous line dances with the “Cha Cha Slide,” died on Monday at the age of 58.

August 8, 2023 · 1 min · 47 words · Timothy Cruz

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Originally, Casper recorded his peppy instructions (Reverse, reverse!

; Take it back now, yall) over a sample of Plastic Dreams, by Jaydee.

So keep on doing the Cha Cha Slide.

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