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Nile Rodgers

NILE RODGERS

YEAR

2017

INDUCTED BY

Pharrell

CATEGORY

Musical Excellence

Sonic innovator Nile Rodgers rocked beyond the boundaries of disco with inimitable guitar riffs fundamental to hip-hop, rock, and EDM.

Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk & others sought out Rodgers’ production prowess-yielding unabashedly freaky, incredibly danceable rock records.

Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Rob Bowman

Nile Rodgers’ influence on popular music over the past forty years is nearly unfathomable.

As a guitarist, songwriter, producer, arranger, and funkster extraordinaire, Rodgers has left his imprint on a stunningly wide array of genres including disco, R&B, rock, mainstream pop, hip-hop, and EDM.

Looking over the breadth of his career, a case could easily be made that no single individual has had a greater impact on the sound of pop, from the late 1970s to the present day.

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Class of 2017
Nile has taught me to value being one part of a whole - of sacrificing yourself for the song.
Pharrell
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