37 Facts About Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers later worked with artists including The B-52s, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, The Vaughan Brothers, Bryan Ferry, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Daft Punk, winning three Grammy Awards in 2014 for his work on their album Random Access Memories.

In 2018, Nile Rodgers co-founded Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a publicly traded music intellectual property investment company.

Nile Rodgers gave birth to Rodgers when she was 14.

Glanzrock and Goodman were addicted to heroin, and Nile Rodgers began using drugs at 13.

Nile Rodgers became a subsection leader of the Lower Manhattan branch of the New York Black Panther Party as a teenager.

Nile Rodgers's cousin, trumpeter Robert "Spike" Mickens was a member of hitmakers Kool and the Gang from 1964 to 1986.

Nile Rodgers met bassist Bernard Edwards in 1970 while working as a touring musician for the Sesame Street stage show.

Nile Rodgers worked extensively with Duran Duran, remixing their biggest-selling single, "The Reflex", producing "Wild Boys" on their 1984 live album, Arena, and co-producing the album Notorious.

In 1985, Nile Rodgers produced albums for Sheena Easton, Jeff Beck, Thompson Twins, Mick Jagger, and others, and performed at Live Aid with Madonna and the Thompson Twins.

Nile Rodgers produced Workin' Overtime, Diana Ross' return to Motown, and the soundtracks for Alphabet City, Gremlins, White Nights, and The Fly.

Nile Rodgers later composed an orchestral soundtrack, his first, for the film Coming to America.

Nile Rodgers formed the short-lived experimental band Outloud in 1987, with David Letterman's guitarist, composer, and vocalist Felicia Collins and French session musician, producer, composer, and keyboardist Philippe Saisse; the trio released a single album, Out Loud, on Warner Bros.

In September 1990, shortly after the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Nile Rodgers-produced Vaughan Brothers album, Family Style was released.

Nile Rodgers produced projects for David Bowie, Eric Clapton, The B-52s, David Lee Roth, Ric Ocasek, The Stray Cats and others early in the decade, and worked on the soundtracks for Thelma and Louise, Cool World, and The Beavis and Butt-head Experience.

Edwards and Nile Rodgers performed with Sister Sledge, Steve Winwood, and Slash in a series of commemorative concerts in Japan.

Nile Rodgers started playing live concerts again while composing and producing music for film soundtracks: Beverly Hills Cop III, Blue Chips, The Flintstones and Feeling Minnesota, working with Bob Dylan, among others.

In 1998, Nile Rodgers founded Sumthing Else Music Works record label and Sumthing Distribution, an independent music label distributor.

In 2002, Nile Rodgers returned to work again with the original five members of Duran Duran when he co-produced Astronaut.

In July 2002, Nile Rodgers co-founded the We Are Family Foundation with his life partner, Nancy Hunt.

Nile Rodgers provided sleevenotes for the set, which was reissued in 2013.

In 2017, after 11 nominations for Chic, Nile Rodgers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence.

Nile Rodgers played Cardiff Castle Wales on July 12,2019, and on February 17,2020, he participated in Eric Clapton's tribute concert for Ginger Baker.

On November 13,2020, Nile Rodgers was featured on "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' Children in Need charity single.

On 4 June 2022, Nile Rodgers performed with Duran Duran at the Platinum Party at the Palace.

Nile Rodgers co-wrote the track "Cuff It", which appeared on the Beyonce album, Renaissance released in July 2022.

On 16 July 2022, Nile Rodgers visited the Doncaster Youth Jazz Association to inspire young musicians education in Jazz Music.

An Orange DYJA T-Shirt signed by Nile Rodgers is framed and hung in the entrance Hallway of the Doncaster Jazz Centre.

Nile Rodgers performed Modern Love and Let's Dance with Josh Homme, Omar Hakim and Gaz Coombes at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium on September 3,2022.

In 2023, Nile Rodgers collaborated with South Korean girl group Le Sserafim on their album Unforgiven, being featured on the album's title track.

In 2018, Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers premiered on Netflix.

Nile Rodgers has appeared in documentaries about David Bowie, Diana Ross, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Rick James, George Michael, Duran Duran, Daft Punk, Public Enemy, Madonna, Avicii, Studio 54, the Seventies, the Eighties, the Nineties, recorded music, girl groups, the disco era, disco, house music, funk, and soul music.

Nile Rodgers plays a 1960 Fender Stratocaster with a 1959 neck, nicknamed The Hitmaker, which he acquired as a trade-in at a shop in Miami Beach, Florida.

In 2018, Nile Rodgers founded the music IP investment and song management company Hipgnosis Songs Fund along with Merck Mercuriadis.

Nile Rodgers stopped using drugs and alcohol in 1994 after a friend showed him a tape of a poor performance.

Nile Rodgers was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in October 2010.

Nile Rodgers documented his illness on a blog called Walking on Planet C Nile Rodgers was given the all-clear in 2013.

Nile Rodgers lived in Westport, Connecticut until July 2021 when he moved to Miami, Florida, with his life partner, Nancy Hunt.