Frankie Knuckles: Celebs Rumors

Juice WRLD and Frankie Knuckles have been mysteriously painted over in Chicago.The murals dedicated to the Chicago icons were a part of street gallery in the city’s West Loop neighbourhood called The B_Line, and have been completely painted over in brown paint. As reported by The Chicago Reader, artists from all over the world have contributed to the collection of street art.This is the second time that one of the Frankie Knuckles murals has been vandalised.

One Day has just arrived on Netflix, but what songs are on the show’s soundtrack?All fourteen episodes of the show were released to the streaming platform on February 8, with the lead roles being taken by Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod. The supporting cast also includes Essie Davis, Tim McInnerny and Joely Richardson.Woodall is best known for playing Jack in the second season of HBO drama The White Lotus, while Mod came to greater attention by playing the character Shruti in This is Going to Hurt.Nicholls’ novel was published in 2009 and follows the lives of its two protagonists by documenting one day from each year of their lives over the course of two decades.

Frankie Knuckles remix that was first created a decade ago has finally seen the light of day.The remix – a reworking of ‘Waiting On You’ by Ultra Naté and Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child – was created by the late house DJ and Eric Kupper under their Director’s Cut alias.Speaking on the track, Ultra Naté said: “The remix was blessed by my mentor, big brother and cultural icon, Frankie Knuckles, officially ‘The Godfather of House Music,’ who at the time, was making his way back into remix and production work as ‘Director’s Cut’ along with Eric Kupper.”Naté later confirmed reports that Knuckles approved the release of the track before his death in 2014.The decade-old release coincides with Frankie Knuckles Day, a celebration in Chicago which takes place on August 25 to honour the late producer, who pioneered the sound of house music.“‘Waiting On You’ has always been a centrepiece of the ‘Hero Worship’ album and there’s no better time than now to drop it for Frankie Knuckles Day,” Naté added.Check it out below.Knuckles was frequently referred to as the ‘Godfather Of House Music’ and shaped the genre’s sound as it emerged and became popular in 1980s Chicago. He died on March 31, 2014 at the age of 59 due to complications from type 2 diabetes.Kupper paid tribute to the producer on X/Twitter ahead of Frankie Knuckles Day tomorrow.“As we celebrate Frankie Knuckles Day tomorrow, August 25, I’m posting this pic of the last time Frankie and I played together, 10 years ago, October 2013 at ADE in Amsterdam,” he wrote.

petition has been launched to stop the demolition of a building which once housed Chicago nightclub The Warehouse.Established in 1977, the venue was best known as one of the birthplaces of house music. In its early days, it hosted DJ Frankie Knuckles as its first musical director, who would play a mix of genres like soul, R&B and disco, which marked the beginnings of the house genre.Split across three storeys at 206 S.

Frankie Knuckles has been released on Soundcloud. Listen to ‘Frankie Knuckles Recorded Live @ COD Valentine’s Day 1986’ below.The mix is over an hour long and was originally recorded in Chicago in February 1986.

Frankie Knuckles has been discovered, and will be released later this year.The discovery of the track was revealed yesterday (August 25) to mark Frankie Knuckles Day, an annual celebration of the ‘Godfather Of House’, who died aged 59 in 2014.The new track, ‘I Want The Love Of My Own’, was discovered on a reel-to-reel tape player at the Chicago headquarters of label DJ International. It’s believed to date back to some of Knuckles’ early studios sessions from the 1980s.The song, which is believed to be the only remaining unreleased material from Knuckles’ career, will be released in October as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the DJ’s first release, 1986’s ‘You Can’t Hide’.First, a Greatest Hits album was released in 2015.

Larry Sherman, the founder of influential Chicago-based house label Trax, has died of heart failure.A statement released by the label Thursday announced: "It is with great sadness that TRAX Records and Rachael Cain inform the world of the passing of our founder Larry Sherman he was Jewish and passed away yesterday on his holiday Passover of heart failure." Read the complete statement below.Sherman founded Trax in 1984, as Chicago was becoming the world nexus of the then-burgeoning house music genre. Its catalog features legends of the genre including Frankie Knuckles, Jesse Saunders and Marshall Jefferson.