JON KENNEDY….AINT HE DEAD? PRODUCING SINCE ’98, JON KENNEDY STARTED OUT AS DJ TEK, AKA DA KANGOL KID DOING HARDHOUSE FOR LABELS LIKE JASPERSTONE, RENEGADE RECORDS, WORLDWIDE RECORDS AND ENVASION. HIS MOST NOTIBLE TRACK FROM THAT ERA WOULD BE FOUND ON A WHITE LABEL ENTITLED “FUN 101” WITH THE BOOTLEG HARDHOUSE REMAKE OF SILLY HO BY T.L.C. WHICH SHARED SIDE WITH ANGEL ALANIS. BORN AND RAISED OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO, JON ENGULFED HIMSELF IN THE MUSIC. STARTING OUT DJ’ING AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 12. JON WAS YOUR AVERAGE BEDROOM DJ FOR MOST OF THE EARLY YEARS DOING LOCAL HOUSE PARTIES AND UNDERGROUND PARTIES FOR A FEW BUCKS. BUT FED UP WITH ONLY BEING KNOWN LOCALLY, JON WANTED TO GET INTO SOMETHING DEEPER THAN JUST SPINNING AND CUTTING UP SOME WAX