The Brief
Chicago house music DJ and vocalist Ron Carroll reportedly died Monday at 57.
Friends and collaborators shared the news on social media, with one saying he died of a heart attack.
Carroll’s voice and songwriting helped shape global house music in the 1990s and 2000s.
CHICAGO – Ron Carroll, a legendary Chicago house music vocalist and DJ, died Monday at 57, according to multiple reports.
What we know
Carroll’s death was shared on social media by longtime friend and DJ Deonte Pennington. Chicago producer Stacy Kidd also posted a tribute, noting Carroll died of a heart attack.
Ron Carroll | Photo from his Facebook
The backstory
Carroll was born in Chicago in 1968. He began singing in church choirs before joining the city’s growing house music scene, according to EDM.com.
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His career reportedly took off after the 1994 Winter Music Conference in Miami, where he connected with producer Louie Vega and wrote lyrics for Barbara Tucker’s “I Get Lifted.”
Carroll went on to collaborate with house veterans Mike Dunn and Byron Stingily, and his booming vocals carried him to international acclaim, with hits like “Lucky Star” alongside French group Superfunk.
The Source
The information in this story came from EDM.com and Facebook.
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com ’
