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The King of New York.

As co-creator of the most famous nightclub in the history of the world – that would be Studio 54 – Ian Schrager could be described as the inventor of diversity as we know it.

With his gay best friend Steve Rubell, Schrager created a celebrity-packed space where LGBTQ and straight people could come together to explore everything from sex to drugs to wearing roller skates in a nightclub. And if someone rode in on a horse, then so be it.

Then, after a stint in jail for tax evasion, Ian and Steve reinvented themselves

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