Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale: Detroit’s godmother of electronic house music

Known as the Godmother of House music, DJ Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale was the first female DJ to play house music on Detroit’s radio airwaves. She was inducted into the National Museum of African American Music in 2019. In recognition of Women’s History Month, “American Black Journal” contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ talks with Hale about her career and rise as a DJ, how she developed her unique music style, and the importance of uplifting the next generation of women DJs. Detroit DJ Whodat: https://youtu.be/49umikSm7gU Techno Producer Carl Craig: https://youtu.be/hhX5cqgpb-s Stay Connected: Subscribe to Detroit Public Television’s YouTube Channel and don’t miss American Black Journal on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Detroit Public TV, WTVS-Channel 56. Website: https://www.onedetroitpbs.org/category/american-black-journal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBlackJournal/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amblackjournal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amblackjournal/