🕴️ How the Mob Got Mixed Up with Disco: The Rise and Fall of Jacques Fred Petrus, the man behind Change and "A Lover's Holiday"

The Twelve Inch 168 : A Lover's Holiday (Change)

By the late '70s, disco wasn’t just a trend, it was a $4 billion business in the US alone. That kind of money draws in everyone: dreamers, hustlers, and sometimes, the mob.

There’s long been speculation about how organized crime might’ve had its hands in the disco scene. It’s hard to prove, most stories are whispers. But one story stands out with certainty: the rise and fall of Jacques Fred Petrus. He built a global disco empire, helped bridge the gap between the U.S. and Europe, and ended up dead, shot multiple times in the head in 1987. The case was never solved.

Let’s follow the beat (and the money) and dive in.