His service of over 40 years to this city, the culture and the community are unmeasurable.” “Sam has influenced and served up records to more DJ’s than any other DJ in the DMV. “Sam has shown the way for so many DJ’s like me,” Stiles wrote on Monday in an attempt to bring attention to a GoFundMe account started for Burns, who was seeking help during what he called “a tough period” in his life. He was influential to many other DJs, Chris Stiles, who worked with him for years at a record store called DJ Hut (formerly known as 12″ Dance Record) in Northwest Washington, recalled on Facebook in a post days before Burns died. While house music was his specialty - soulful house music, at that - friends and fans took to social media to mourn him and his overall musical prowess and knowledge of various genres that solidified his acclaimed status in the game. native, was remembered as a highly influential member of the music scene in the nation’s capital who rocked dance floors for more than four decades as a professional DJ. MORE: Rest In Power: Notable Black Folks We Lost In 2020 His cause of death was not immediately reported. Washington Post music critic Chris Richards confirmed Burns’ death on Saturday. Condolences were pouring in online after it was reported that Sam “The Man” Burns, a legendary DJ in Washington, D.C., had died.
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