DJ Rashad

CTL-E-0424 · Person · 1998–2014

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Chicago footwork producer (Rashad Harden, 1979–2014) whose music reached European audiences through the UK label Planet Mu.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001, MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-175, CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-033; source research type(s): Person, person.

Sources

Planet Mu, 'Bangs & Works Vol. 1' (planetmu.bandcamp.com) (primary source)
Planet Mu, 'Bangs & Works Vol. 2' (planetmu.bandcamp.com) (primary source)
Wikipedia, 'DJ Rashad'; SPIN, 'Teklife Forever' (2014)
Wikipedia, 'DJ Rashad'

Record CTL-E-0424 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 4 sources (2 primary) · CTL research: GLOBAL-001, MUSIC-001.
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