Deontay Kyle

So there was a lot of tension in the streets.

with the rise of gang war and gang culture, due to the war on drugs and things like that, which made it difficult for young black gay people and young black middle class people to have a space that was for them.

Because everything was kind of, especially in the black neighborhoods and areas, everything was pretty much overrun and ruled by the gangs.

So, a brother named Frankie Knuckles, who was a DJ at The Loft in New York, opens up this spot called The Warehouse,

and house music is born.

Shout out to Frankie Knuckles.

Shout out to niggas, man.

Frankie Knuck.

Frankie Knuckles is the pioneer of what is known now as house music, and it was born in Chicago's underground scene where a lot of their mantras was no homophobia, no misogyny, no gang banging.

We not doing that.

We coming here to dance.

We coming here to have a good time.

And thus, we get house music.

So shout out to all these pioneers

Rosetta Thart, Chuck Berry, Tina Bell, Death, which is the brothers, Bobby, Dennis, and David Hackney.

Shout out to Frankie Knuckles.

And then shout out to the entire collective of people responsible for techno music in Detroit, Michigan.

Shout out to Black Peoples and this Black History Month spotlight.

Now look, I'm starting to kind of really get excited about doing this.

You know, Black History, we ain't just got to stop in February.