Julian “Jumpin” Perez is a popular Chicagoland house music DJ who has appeared on 104.3 Jams, B96, KISS FM, WBMX, WGCI, V103. Perez, who retired from DJing in 2022, founded the Julian Jumpin Perez Foundation in 2019 to help “fulfill his dream of giving back to the communities that have supported, and loved him throughout his career,” according to the foundation’s website. Perez is also an entrepreneur with experience running “multiple retail stores, a restaurant, nightclubs, and a mortgage and real estate company,” according to his campaign website. Perez, who is Cuban, came under fire for making a joke about Mexicans on stage during the 2019 Festival Cubano. He was dropped from the lineup by My House Music Festival in Pilsen and apologized for the comments.

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