DJ Sneak's Chicago ghetto blues
Author: www.skrufff.com
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Chicago house star DJ Sneak chatted to Skrufff this week about his upcoming Ministry Of Sound compilation Sessions and revealed that he left the Windy City as soon as his musical career provided him with enough money to escape.
“Chicago was a really rough place, I was living right in the middle of gangbangers fighting for colours and when I was there I was at the age then when they would try and persuade you to join their gang, to sell drugs and to push whatever they’re pushing,” he explained.
“I have a little brother who was two years younger than me and I remember telling him ‘this is not for us’. I tried to set an example and today my brother’s still alive, he’s not in jail and he’s not a drug dealer,” he continued, “We actually survived the ghetto, living in those rough conditions until we were able to get out of it. I live in Canada now.”
The second generation house jock grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to the city in 1983, aged 13, at a time when few Puerto Ricans lived in Chicago, and, not speaking English initially, struggled to assimilate.
“Moving to Chicago was a huge culture shock, and though I eventually got used to it, I never liked living having to constantly look over your shoulder or wondering constantly if someone’s going to break into your car or start shooting guns right in front of your Mom’s house - that was the reality of life in Chicago,” said Sneak.
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