Abigail Adams Written by Kris Flowers As one of the prominent, iconic women in the Dance Music business, Abigail Adams’ critical role in the development of New Jersey’s Essex County-centered dance music industry continues to impress upon its new crop of DJ’s, remixers, producers, record labels and recording artists. This former model, Bernardsville NJ born, raised in Summit NJ , earned a BA in Early Childhood Education from Boston College . Abigail began her career in the Dance music arena via her DJ boyfriend, KB. In the early 1980’s, they owned a custom roller skating store in East Orange, NJ, subsequently opening up a store in the famous, “B-Boy friendly” Roxy roller disco in NYC. KB purchased a pair of Technics 1200 turntables and set them up in the East Orange store so he could practice DJing. Customers would inquire about the music KB was spinning, and the ever inventive, “forward-thinking” Abigail made note of the customer’s inquiries and trekked to variou
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