years_active birth_place name background article_title birth_name occupation
1983 -- present chicago , u.s. screamin rachael group_or_band screamin rachael
 rachael cain musician , producer , ceo
screamin rachael

screamin rachael , a chicago native , was born rachael cain .
dubbed the `` queen of house music '' by billboard magazine , rachael has been instrumental in the rise of the house genre .
as the co-founder of trax records , created in 1983 with larry sherman , she 's worked with artists such as grandmaster melle mel , marshall jefferson , colonel abrams , afrika bambaataa , and many others .
her collaborations with artists have produced club classics like larry heard 's `` can you feel it , ` acid tracks ' by phuture , adonis ' ` no way back ' , and marshall jefferson 's ` move your body ' .
these iconic tracks , especially ` move your body ' caused the house scene in chicago to explode .
house began to be recognized outside of chicago .
when screamin rachael signed with trax , she was the first house artist to have a major label deal .
fun with bad boys , which she recorded in 1987 with her friend and mentor , afrika bambaataa , was also the springboard that hip house sound launched from .
in the 1990s , rachael lost control of the trax records label .
she bought it back in the late 2000s , and as president , solely owns the label .
her influential background has resulted in her being the subject of several books , films , and documentaries .
these include ; the history of house music , nightclubbing , the last party , techno style , and party monster .
a new label , called phuture trax records , was founded in 2007 by rachael .
that , and the tv show trax television , are owned and operated 100 % by rachael , along with the trax trademark .
