TP CORLEONE

Producer/DJ

Born and raised on the south side of Chicago. TP grew up listening to the popular funk bands of the day i.e. Parliament/Funkadelic, Cameo, Rick James, Prince etc. He was trained on piano in grammar school and In his teen years he was exposed to what he described as "mix music" "I called it that because it was before the term 'House" was used to describe the scene in which that music was being played." Once the house music scene was in full force shortly thereafter TP (who was going by the name Derek Tee Pee at the time) formed a music group called The Elect and recorded the song "I'm House" which was a hit in the UK for a summer.

After a 4 year run on the popular Chi City Funk show on WHPK Chicago, TP Is now on the well respected LWR radio. His insight and experience in the continuous evolution of the house music scene gives him a unique approach to his Dj mixes. He approaches his mixes from a dancer's perspective in order to make you move.