Bad Boy Bill (born William Renkosik) is a

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(DJ) from

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, U.S. who plays an assortment of

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. While only in his teens, Bad Boy Bill began his DJ career in 1985 during the Chicago house music movement of the mid to late 1980s. He worked with

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and Julian "Jumpin" Perez of the WBMX DJ mixing team, known then as the

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. Bill's popularity grew out of DJing parties throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as opening for the Hot Mix 5. Bad Boy Bill was a regular DJ on the popular house mixes on WBMX 102.7 FM in Chicago, WGCI 107.5 FM and then on the B96 96.3 FM a top pop station. As a remixer, he landed his first Top Five Billboard Dance Chart hit at the age of 19 –

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's "Deep Love" which also featured remixes by House music legends

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and Steve Wight. Currently, Bad Boy Bill plays music ranging from

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to Electro, and is known for playing six separate

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at once. In 1988 and 1989, he was placed within the top three at the

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championships. Bad Boy Bill also made an uncredited appearance as the club DJ in the opening scene of the 1998 film ''

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''.

History

Street DJ Promotions era (1987–1995)

Between 1987 and 1995, Bill produced a series of promotional

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s under the name "Street DJ Promotions." These tapes were distributed out of Bill's car to local Chicago area record shops, flea markets, and DJ gigs. These mixes included: ''Hot Mix'' #1–17, ''Non-Stop Hip-Hop'', ''Flashbacks'' Vol. 1 & 2, ''Classics'' Vol. 1–3, ''Street Style'' 1 & 2, and ''Gettin' Wicked''. Bill has been credited with the idea of mass-producing mix tapes unlike before, and was apparently inspired by Andre Lopez, owner of the Hot Jams record store. This caught the attention of the

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and music publishing houses who were not paid any royalties from the use of copyrighted music on the vast number of mixtapes being produced and sold throughout Chicago by these many DJs. Bill then became a part of the licensed-mix movement and started Mix Connection Multimedia (MCM). He has been generally credited with being the first Chicago DJ to produce legally licensed mixes.

Mix Connection Multimedia era (1995–2001)

Bill created MCM in 1995 to produce legally licensed mixes, and as an umbrella company for several side projects and record labels such as International House Records (IHR), Moody Recordings, Contaminated Muzik, Canvas Recordings, and Motus Music. MCM has most notably produced ''Bangin' The Box'' Vol. 1–5, ''The House Connection'' (w/ Richard "Humpty" Vission) Vol. 1–3, and ''The B-96 Mixmaster Throwdown'' Vol. 1–5.

House Connection (1997–1998)

Bad Boy Bill teamed up with

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to form a house DJ supergroup called The House Connection. They have released three mix albums, the last in 2013. In May 2006, Bill reunited with Vission in Dallas and Detroit for a two-day reunion show.

Behind The Decks (2003–2006)

In 2003, Bill released a CD/DVD mixtape titled ''Behind the Decks''. In May 2006, to support the ''Behind the Decks'' mixtape, Bill embarked on a three-day tour called "BTD Live". Bill performed in clubs like The Church in Denver and The Avalon in Los Angeles. Audio and video were recorded at all three shows and released as the ''BTD Live'' concert film in October 2006. On August 5, 2013, The Official Bad Boy Bill

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page released ''House Connection 3'', a free mixtape available to download on Richard Vission's SoundCloud page.

Awards

*2008 Ranked 80th best DJ in the world according to ''

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'' *2006 Ranked 1st as America's Favorite House DJ by '' BPM Magazine'' *2005 Best Dance DJ by '' URB Magazine'' MASSV Contributors' Poll *2003 Ranked 1st as America's Favorite House DJ according to ''BPM Magazine'' *2002 Ranked 4th as America's Favorite House DJ according to ''BPM Magazine'' *2001 Ranked 40th best DJ in the world according to ''DJ Magazine'' *2000 Ranked 84th best DJ in the world according to ''DJ Magazine'' *1999 ''URB Magazine'' Readers Poll 2nd Place DJ of the Year *1998 Winter Music Conference Mixshow DJ of the Year *1989 DMC US Finals (3rd Place) *1988 DMC US Finals (2nd Place) *1988 DMC Midwest Finals (1st Place) *1987 Hot 105 (Miami) Battle of the DJ's (1st Place)

Discography

Albums

* July 28, 2009 – ''The Album''

Continuous DJ Mixes

*August 2013 – ''House Connection'' Vol. 3 (with

) *October 17, 2006 – ''Behind The Decks Live'' CD/DVD *September 2003 – ''Behind the Decks'' CD/DVD *September 2001 – ''Bangin' The Box'' Vol. 5 *May 2000 – ''Bangin' in London'' *August 1999 – ''Bangin' The Box'' Vol. 4 *October 1998 – ''House Connection'' Vol. 2 (with Richard Vission) *September 1998 – ''Mixmaster Throwdown'' Vol. 3 (with B96

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DJs) *April 1998 – ''Bangin' The Box'' Vol. 3 *October 1997 – ''Global House Culture'' Vol. 4 *July 1997 – ''Mixmaster Throwdown'' Vol. 2 (with B96 WBBM-FM DJs) *May 1997 – ''The House Connection'' (with Richard Vission) *October 1996 – ''Bangin' The Box'' Vol. 2 *June 1996 – ''Mixmaster Throwdown'' Vol. 1 (with B96 WBBM-FM DJs) *October 1995 – ''Bangin' The Box'' Vol. 1 *1994 – ''Gettin' Wicked'' Vol. 1 *1994 – ''Street Style'' 1 & 2 *1993 – ''Non-Stop Hip-Hop'' *1988–1994 ''Hot Mix'' series 1–17

Singles

*2017 "Bang Them Walls" with Gettoblaster featuring Benjamin Paper *2017 "Do What You're Told" with Matthew Anthony *2017 "Pimpin Hoes" with Gettoblaster featuring DJ Dagwood *2017 "Balls & Lick" with Gettoblaster *2017 "Hustling For Horns" with Gettoblaster *2016 "Do Your Thing" with J Paul Getto and Milty Evans *2016 "White Girl" featuring Benjamin Paper *2015 "Shawty Want That Cake" with Gettoblaster *2010 "Fast Life" featuring Alex Peace *2009 "Do What You Like" featuring Alyssa Palmer *2009 "Falling Anthem" featuring Alyssa Palmer *2003 "Illicit Activities" EP with Hatiras *2003 "Happy" featuring Kevin Irving *2002 "Costa Del Sol" featuring

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*2001 "Everybody" featuring Alex Peace *1988 "The First Revelation" EP *1988 "How Do Ya Feel" *1987 "Are You The One?" *1987 "Jack It All Night Long"

Remixes

*2007 Shock Stars – ''End Of Chicago'' – Bad Boy Bill Remix *2007

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– ''Say It Right'' – Menage Music Remix / Menage Acid Mix *2006

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& JJ Flores – ''Time For Love'' – Bad Boy Bill Remix *2005

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– ''The Hand That Feeds'' – Smooth & J & Bad Boy Bill Remix *2003 Harrison Crump – ''The Talk 2'' – Bad Boy Bill Remix * 1991

– "Give It All I Got" House Remix – (two-sided release w/"Good Thing) # 3 Cool Cuts Record Mirror U.K. Chart, # 25 Record Mirror Commercial Dance Chart * 1990

– "Deep Love" – Hip House Remix – Top 5 Billboard Club

Mix Details

Bangin’ The Box Volume 1

Bangin’ The Box Volume 2

Bangin’ The Box Volume 3

Bangin’ In London

Bangin’ The Box Volume 4

Behind The Decks Live

*20 Tracks Selectable *29 Tracks Mixed *1 hour 12 minutes

Behind The Decks

*36 Tracks Selectable

References

External links

Official websiteBehind The Decks
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1989 DMC Battle
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