According to reports, DJ Casper, the man behind the "Cha Cha Slide" has passed away at the age of 58 after losing his battle with cancer.
DJ Casper spoke about his rise to prominence during his last televised interview with ABC7 Chicago, back in May. "When I first did it, I did it as an aerobic exercise for my nephew at Bally's," Casper said. "From there, it just took off. Elroy Smith from WGCI grabbed ahold of it."
Since then, the Cha Cha Slide became one of the most popular line dances around the world. "I have one of the biggest songs that played at all stadiums: hockey, basketball, football, baseball; they played it at the Olympics," Casper said. "It was something that everybody could do."
During his interview, DJ Casper opened up about his health struggles. "They diagnosed me in 2016 with two kinds of cancer, which is renal and Neuroendocrine, which is kidney and liver," Casper said. "They went in to try to do surgery, and they found out the kidney was connected to the main artery, so they decided not to do it and just treat it."
"I used to weigh 236 pounds, and I think I'm about 60 pounds less," Casper continued. "If you know me, you know I'm not going to stop. I'm going to continue to go. I'm going to continue to go until I can't go."
