Ballroom Beatz Creator, Icon DJ Vjuan Allure Has Reportedly Died
The RuPaul collaborator is responsible for much of the sound of ballroom today. March 16 2021 9:01 AM EDT
News broke on social media Monday night that Dj Vjaun Allure St. Laurent, an icon in the ballroom scene credited with helping to pioneer the current sound of balls, died. There is little known about his death but he was in his late 30s.
With the tag of Vjaun Allure Magnifique Elite Beats at the start of many of his tracks, Allure helped to move the ballroom community on from Masters at Work s The Ha Dance and the classic tracks that were popular at the time. 21 years ago, he began crafting and remixing tracks specifically for ballroom, effectively creating a new genre this began in 2000 with a track that has come to be known as The Allure Ha. The sound, which sampled The Ha Dance, has become the go-to sound for vogue fem.