David Risqué

CTL-E-0566 · Person · 1980–1990

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Promoter David Risqué (also associated with the name Gucci) threw parties at Calvin Hollis' International Game Room on 47th Street off King Drive and featured DJ Celeste at Sauer's nightclub.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-045; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Chicago House Music Oral History Project, Center for Black Music Research (Celeste Alexander interview) (primary source)

Record CTL-E-0566 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source (1 primary) · CTL research: MUSIC-001.
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