On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the ...

A Scottish grandmother has impressed audiences on The Voice UK with a performance of Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight. Bette Reynolds, 76, became the show's oldest ever contestant with her blind ...

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Almost suspiciously so. Through what must have been hours of editing, Brian Williams performs the Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight," with an assist from Lester Holt. Williams was 20 ...

George Clooney and Hugh Laurie Use Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” to Save Jimmy Kimmel George Clooney and Hugh Laurie Use Sugarhill ...

where the Sugarhill Gang brought the art form to the masses with “Rapper's Delight,” and where Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five recorded “The Message” in a legendary Englewood studio.

The first hip-hop record is widely thought to be Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang, which was recorded in 1979. In the 1970s and 80s, lyrics often focused on social issues, giving young ...

This, however, was a full six years before the Sugarhill Gang introduced hip-hop to a wide audience with the success of its hit song “Rapper’s Delight.” The Gracenote Global Music Data content team ...

Though the Sugarhill Gang inaugurated the history of recorded hip-hop with their single "Rapper's Delight," a multi-platinum-seller and radio hit in 1979, the group was cooked up to cash in on a ...