Proppa’s SoundCloud Remix of Waka Flocka’s “Grove St. Party” Got So Big That Warner Had to Make It Official

There's something beautiful about the internet's ability to turn a random Wednesday into someone's biggest career moment.

Chicago-born DJ and producer Proppa probably didn't wake up on August 14th, 2024 thinking his unofficial house remix of Waka Flocka Flame's "Grove St. Party" would become the kind of dancefloor destroyer that makes festival crowds lose their collective minds. Yet here we are, over nine months later, watching Warner Records clear the sample and transform what started as a humble SoundCloud upload into an official collaboration with a rap icon.

The trajectory feels apropos for the prolific Proppa, who has been cutting his teeth in the birthplace of house for a decade. Countless major DJs have rinsed his tracks in that time, but none more than his blistering rework of "Grove St. Party," which has received support from house music superstars John Summit, Dom Dolla and Mau P, among others.

The official release encapsulates the magic of SoundCloud, which has long served as a barometer for global dancefloor trends. Clearing samples with major labels, however, has always been a hurdle, but in 2025 it seems the democratization of remix culture is finally catching up to the legal apparatus that usually strangles it.

In other Proppa news, his hit remix of A$AP Ferg's "Work" alongside Rich DietZ and Smith & Sorren continues to surge as one of house music's biggest sleeper hits in 2025. The track has received support from Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, Alesso, Kaskade and many more.

You can listen to the new version of "Grove St. Party" below.