Bad Boy Bill

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CTL-P-0281 · Person

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-01515 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0281. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Chicago house DJ; battler, DMC finalist

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Chicago house DJ; battler, DMC finalist

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Also known as: Bill Renfrow
Role(s): DJ

Sources

https://www.houstonpress.com/music/hit-the-decks-6554123 (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Chicago house DJ from the Hot Mix 5 milieu; hired by Farley Funk; took second place at the 1988 U.S. finals of the DMC DJ competitions (per the Houston Press).

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