Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer born September 19, 1952, best known as co-founder of the band Chic and for writing and producing hit songs across decades including "Le Freak," "Good Times," David Bowie's "Let's Dance," Madonna's "Like a Virgin," and Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." He is the recipient of the Quincy Jones Achievement Award from the Paid in Full Foundation and co-founder of the We Are Family Foundation, a nonprofit established following the September 11 attacks. His records have sold more than 750 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide, and he has won multiple Grammy Awards including for his work on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories and Beyoncé's Renaissance.