RP Boo (Kavain Space)

CTL-E-0555 · Person · 1990

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RP Boo, a former footwork dancer from Chicago's West/South Side scene, is generally credited with making the first footwork tracks, including 'Baby Come On' (1997), often considered the founding track of footwork; he learned production from Dance Mania affiliate DJ Slugo.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-032; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Wikipedia, 'Footwork (genre)'; Red Bull Music Academy lecture notes (2016)

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