Traxman is one of the early pioneers of Chicago's juke/footwork scene. A veteran beatmaker and extremely knowledgeable crate-digger, he's been prominent as a DJ and producer since the early '90s, having co-founded the G.E.T.O. DJ'z, Inc. collective in 1992. Other than some obscure releases on the legendary Chicago house label Dance Mania, Traxman was largely unknown outside of his home city until the British label Planet Mu began devoting major attention to the footwork scene in 2010, issuing the producer's debut album, Da Mind of Traxman, two years later. Traxman is also affiliated with the worldwide footwork movement known as Teklife; the collective issued his Tekvision LP in 2017, and additional volumes followed in 2019 and 2023.