George Lopez (born October 23, 1966), known by his stage name DJ Keoki or Keoki Franconi, is a Salvadoran-American electronic musician and DJ. Born in El Salvador and raised in Hawaii, Keoki began advertising himself as "superstar" shortly after moving to New York City.
Biography Keoki Franconi was born in El Salvador. He moved to Kihei, Maui, when he was 8. After graduating from Kailua High School, he moved to the mainland to study at an airline school in California. Franconi worked at several airlines in New York City, among them the now defunct Trans World Airlines. He also was a busboy at Danceteria club during this time. That was where he began to start DJing. He recalls,
Club Kids and Michael Alig
While in New York City, he met and began a romance with Michael Alig. Alig rose to international notability as the head of the Club Kids, a group of diverse people who would dress in costumes each night and form parties in New York and across the United States.
Dance music writer Jennifer Warner remembers,
While DJing at "Disco 2000", Alig's party night at the Limelight, Franconi was alleged to have passed out on the turntables while performing a set. He denied the allegation.
In January 2017, he was arrested in New York City after a man in his apartment died of a drug overdose, when the officers entering his apartment found it contained illegal narcotics. Following the incident, he entered a rehabilitation program and announced the cancellation of all of his upcoming events.
Discography 1991 – DJ Keoki Presents Disco 2000 – Volume One (12") 1991 – DJ Keoki Presents Disco 2000 – Volume Two (12") 1993 – We Are One 1994 – Journeys By DJ 1995 – All Mixed Up 1996 – Disco Death Race 2000 1996 – The Transatlantic Move 1997 – Ego Trip 1998 – Inevitable Alien Nation 1998 – Altered Ego Trip (The Remix Album) 2000 – djmixed.com/keoki 2001 – Jealousy (also released in a Limited Edition 2XCD version with bonus CD w/ exclusive remixes) 2002 – Keokiclash 2002 – Misdirected Jealousy: The Remix Album 2003 – Kill The DJ 2004 – The Great Soundclash Swindle 2010 – Talking to Yourself 2019 – Born to Attack
In popular media His song "Caterpillar" was featured in "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish', a 1996 episode of The Simpsons. Keoki was interviewed for the 1999 film Better Living Through Circuitry, a documentary discussing electronic dance music culture. James St. James depicts Keoki in the 1999 memoir Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland. Wilmer Valderrama portrays Keoki in the 2003 film Party Monster, a biopic about James St. James and Michael Alig.
See also LGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York City
References
External links Superstar DJ Keoki on Myspace
AllMusic - Biography patreon.com/keoki