For years, we were told that partying was a distraction from success. But what if healthy nightlife doesn’t hold people back? What if it quietly teaches some of the most valuable skills for life and work?
Frankie Knuckles' five years behind the decks at Chicago's Warehouse gave an entire genre its name; by his death in 2014, the DJ known as the Godfather of House had a Grammy, a Chicago street, and a landmarked club to his credit.
House was not invented by one person. It was built in early-1980s Chicago by a small circle of mostly Black and gay DJs, from Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy behind the decks to Jesse Saunders, Larry Heard and Marshall Jefferson on the records.
A rave is a live exchange of energy between a DJ and a dancefloor, not a concert with CDJs and spectators staring at a show, and confusing the two is quietly hollowing out dance music culture.
House music is bigger, whiter and straighter than it has ever been. As the genre it built turns into a multi-billion-dollar business, the Black and queer communities that invented it are asking who the floor still belongs to.
The Library of Congress added Jamie Principle's 'Your Love' to its National Recording Registry, filing a Chicago house anthem next to Martin Luther King and the moon landing. Here is why it belongs there.
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