Music Legend Nile Rodgers: ‘Guitars Shaped My Destiny’ | Christie's

As a multiple GRAMMY-winning composer, producer, arranger, guitarist and the co-founder of CHIC, Nile Rodgers has written and produced hundreds of hit records over the past five decades. In December, his impressive collection of guitars, clothes and classic cars will be sold at Christie’s New York in aid of his charitable organisation, We Are Family Foundation.
From his beatnik upbringing and early involvement with the Black Panthers to his contribution to the birth of hip-hop, his time with CHIC and his later work with Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna and Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers is one of the few people for whom it would not be a cliché to say his legend precedes him.

Now 69, the artist still works tirelessly, combining his love for music with philanthropy. In 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Rodgers and his life-partner Nancy Hunt set up the We Are Family Foundation — named after the song he wrote for Sister Sledge — to which he will be donating the net proceeds from the auction of more than 160 pieces from his personal collection of guitars, amps, synthesizers, mixing boards, clothing and classic cars in New York next month. ‘To work with Nile Rodgers in helping bring his collection to auction has been a privilege and a thrill’, says Gemma Sudlow, Christie’s Head of Private & Iconic Collections. ‘It’s incredible to work with this talented and magnanimous man.’

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