PublishedMon, Jul 7, 2025, 16:45WordsShareA GoFundMe has been launched to cover their booking fees.Several DJs have cancelled their appearances at Boiler Room's upcoming Detroit event.

Chicago artists DJ Slugo and DJ Clent, who were billed to play back-to-back at the July 26th party, both released statements last Friday, July 4th, announcing that they'll no longer be performing.

"As someone rooted in Chicago, a city built on resistance, creativity and collective power, I refuse to let our culture spaces be used to sanitise the image of global capital and militarism," DJ Slugo wrote via Instagram. "I stand with the people of Palestine, and with artists and communities worldwide demanding accountability from the platforms that profit from our labor and our voices."

DJ Clent shared a similar statement via X. "Upon gaining further knowledge regarding the ownership and funding of Boiler Room, particularly its acquisition by KKR, a firm with direct investments in weapons manufacturers and financial connections to the state of Israel, I'm compelled to disassociate myself from this event," he wrote.

They join Motor City DJs Tylr and gulley, who pulled out of the event on similar grounds last month. A GoFundMe has since been set up to cover the booking fees that they'll lose out on.

"Although I've been assured that Boiler Room doesn't directly contribute financially to KKR, I still feel that I need to stand with my community in rejecting KKR's destructive corporate presence in our city," gulley's post read. "Therefore, I've made the decision to drop out from this year's event."

It's not the first time that Boiler Room has been the subject of a boycott since being acquired by Superstruct Entertainment, a global festival operator owned by KKR, late last year. After artists such as Ikonika, Beatrice M. and Mia Koden pulled out of performances, the platform released a statement insisting that the investments that KKR has made—which include weapons manufacturers, defence co