The Chic legend co-produced the singer's iconic 1980 hit Nile Rodgers has said that Diana Ross “didn’t understand” that her 1980 hit ‘I’m Coming Out’ “was a gay thing.” Speaking in a new interview, the legendary producer discussed his collaborations with Ross and fellow Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards. “That was our very first time ever producing a star,” Rodgers told The New York Post. “Not only was it a star, it was, like, the star.” Rodgers said he was inspired to write ‘I’m Coming Out’ after seeing a group of “Diana Ross impersonators” in the bathroom at GG’s Barnum Room, a predominantly transgender club in midtown Manhattan. “All of a sudden a lightbulb goes off in my head,” he explained. “I had to go outside and call Bernard from a
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