Dj JayFunk

We were initially referred to DJ Jay Funk by a family member who had known him since high school and praised his extensive DJ experience. Based on this recommendation, we believed we were hiring a top-tier DJ for our wedding—but we couldn’t have been more wrong. In the weeks leading up to our big day, we had multiple conversations with Jay Funk, agreeing on various details about how the day would unfold. However, when the wedding day finally arrived, it became clear that everything we had discussed was disregarded. We were told that only Jay Funk and his brother, DJ Boy Wonder, would be present. Instead, Jay Funk was nowhere to be found, and DJ Boy Wonder showed up with two other people who we hadn’t been informed about. We later learned that Jay Funk was delayed at a White Sox game and couldn’t make it to our wedding on time. When Jay Funk did arrive guests who approached him to request songs described him as rude and impatient. Some guests had to request the same song multiple times before he would play it. As the bride and groom, we also experienced his poor attitude firsthand. He didn’t even inform us when he arrived; we only discovered he was there when we separately went up to the booth to make requests. He was unapproachable and acted as if he didn’t want to be there at all. Before the wedding, we discussed extending the music for an additional hour at a discounted rate. However, when the time came, Jay Funk tried to charge the father of the groom $500 for the extra hour, which was outrageous considering we had already paid him $4000 for the event. When the father of the groom objected, DJ Funk became argumentative. The father of the groom began to walk away from the DJ booth unhappy with Jay Funk, when Jay Funk decided to run from around the booth yelling profanity at the father of the groom. Jay Funk then asked the father of the groom in his words "You wanna go?" trying to escalate a fight. He then yelled at all of our guests, "Last song, everyone get the F*** out". After the wedding, Jay Funk called us and was not apologetic instead he said things like "That was not status quo but sometimes that’s what happens when 2 alpha males get together". I also reread our contract after the wedding and the contract states "The overtime rate will never exceed $50 per half hour". Not only did he escalate the situation he also was trying to over charge us. Our wedding concluded not with us dancing to the last song, but with Jay Funk provoking a confrontation and yelling at the father of the groom and our guests. You will never get this time back, avoid hiring this DJ at all costs.