Faculty and Alum to Be Featured on ABC7 Chicago’s Juneteenth Special
Left CaSera Heining, right Andre Daniels In observance of Juneteenth, ABC7 Chicago will broadcast a special entitled “,” which features Audio, Arts, and Acoustics Adjunct Faculty Member Andre Daniels, a rapper known as Add-2, and Radio Alum CaSera Heining ’17 (aka DJ Ca$h Era).
The special, a celebration of freedom expressed through the music of Chicago’s Black community, looks at several genres, including hip-hop and its subgenres. Cheryl Burton and Terrell Brown will host the special, which will air twice on Sunday, June 18, at 4:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. The special will also be available on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku, and .
Andre Daniels gained national attention in 2008 with his second Add-2 mixtape, A Tale of Two’s City: Volume 2. From there, he went on to work with big names like Kendrick Lamar and The Roots. Daniels combined his passions for music and mentoring to establish Haven Studios, a free youth studio on Chicago’s South Side. At , he teaches the course “From Motown to Kendrick Lemar.”
CaSera Heining’s first foray into DJing was the course “Club DJ 1.” Since then, she has become a highly sought-after DJ in Chicago and beyond, winning the title of “Chicago’s Best Hip-Hop DJ” in 2021 and 2022 by the Chicago Reader.Heining is also a producer at 720AM WGN Radio.
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