Manny Pacheco has enjoyed a successful 29-year ... in commercials, and as a writer and DJ on the local karaoke scene. His voice and personality were familiar on KRLA, KBIG and KFI.

DJ Manny is a Chicago footwork producer who takes his position as a protégé of DJ Spinn and the late, great DJ Rashad very seriously. You can hear it in his soulful vocal samples, and his ...

At a mere 21 years young, DJ Manny has already established himself as one of the most distinctive voices in the footwork game—his warmly glowing, soul and R&B-centric sample work is pretty ...

But on Signals in My Head, veteran footworker DJ Manny downplays the competitive aspect of the music in favor of a romantic tone inspired by R&B. The best tracks on the album evoke the thrill of a ...

. When I interviewed the latter, I found out that the two are cousins. And to hear DJ Manny—aka Emmanual Wheele, 24—tell it, turntables run in the family: he was first inspired to take up ...

Watch DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, and DJ Manny in This Special Edition of "Beat This" It sucks that 2014 saw the continued push for the footwork/juke/160BPM sound in the scene... as it's also the year ...