It’s been 35 years since the song “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugar Hill Gang made its debut on the radio, yet the track still holds a unique magic. It was one of the first commercial successes for rap ...

One-half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia, she also recorded “Pillow Talk,” an R&B hit in 1973. By Mike Barnes Sylvia Robinson, a singer and record producer whose label released “Rapper’s Delight,” ...

The presence of Snoop, Flavor Flav, and the establishment of breaking as a sport marked the 2024 Olympics in Paris as a hiphop event. This is not surprising. Hiphop is now the most listened-to genre ...

On May 9, 2025, East Coast rap icons The Sugarhill Gang will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the groundbreaking pinnacle of success for their 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight" at the intimate AB Hillsboro ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight." It felt like a paradigm shift: "Suddenly they start talking in rhythmic poetry and ...