Remembering Frankie Knuckles

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April 2, 2014 – Segment 4

We remember DJ, producer, and remixer Frankie Knuckles, considered the Godfather of House Music, who died unexpectedly on Monday. Our guests are: Dr. Lester Spence, Center for Emerging Media Scholar-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University; and Neal Conway, President & CEO at In The Zone Entertainment/ Urban Retro Music Group,  and former songwriter for Basement Boys Music. Conway has done remixes for artists like Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and Mariah Carey.

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Written by Marc Steiner

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