Producer Nile Rodgers Returns Home from Hospital Following Cancer Surgery

The Connecticut-based producer, songwriter and musician Nile Rodgers has revealed on his Website that he is battling an aggressive cancer. He has recently returned to his home, following radical surgery to try and entirely remove the cancer.

Nile Rodgers has revealed he is battling an aggressive form of cancer.

An NYC native, Rodgers is known throughout the world for his massive contributions to modern music. A founding member of Chic along with Bernard Edwards, that band’s hit song “Good Times” is well-known as the foundation of the landmark hip hop track “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang. The group was also responsible for a number of hits, including the triple platinum “Le Freak”.

Additional iconic contributions by Rodgers thus far include producing David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, Duran Duran’s single “The Reflex” and Notorious album, Madonna’s Like a Virgin, co-production of the B-52’s Cosmic Thing (which spawned “Love Shack”). Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, David Lee Roth, Ric Ocasek, the Dan Reed Network, Cathy Dennis, Patty Griffin, Jimmy Vaughan, The Stray Cats, and countless other elite artists have all been Rodgers’ clients or collaborators at some point during his incredibly prolific career.

As he boldly updates his many friends and fans on his blog, “Walking on Planet C”, visitors can join the outpouring of support and encouragement for Rodgers.

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