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    | Documentary, Music, retrieved February 15, 2024 "Sugar Hill Records: "Rapper's Delight" | Hip Hop, Disco, Music History | Britannica". www.britannica...
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    "Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip hop track that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson. Although...
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  • article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2024. On January 2, the 33rd Seoul Music Awards were...
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    as apl.de.ap (IPA: /ˌæpəldiˈæp/ AP-əl-dee-AP), is a Filipino-American rapper, singer and record producer. He is a founding member of the hip hop group...
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  • Sylvia Robinson (category Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label) artists)
    her solo record "Pillow Talk" in 1973. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the pioneering hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. Robinson...
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  • The new school of hip hop was a movement in hip hop music, beginning in 1983–84 with the early records of Run–D.M.C., Whodini, and LL Cool J. Predominantly...
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  • his income and his love of hip hop. He decides to quit and form his own label, focusing on bringing back the real hip hop that his generation fell in...
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  • motherhood, and faith. Predominantly a neo soul and R&B record, it incorporates genres such as hip hop, reggae, and soul, and features guest appearances from...
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    the first so-called rap records, was a monster hit ('Rapper's Delight' by the Sugar Hill Gang on Sugarhill Records)." Hip hop pioneer and South Bronx...
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    Back in the Habit (1993) was widely praised. Hill gained further prominence as the frontwoman of the hip hop trio Fugees, which she formed in 1990 with...
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  • female MC and the Sequence, a hip hop trio signed to Sugar Hill Records, the first all-female group to release a hit rap record, Funk You Up. The roots of...
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  • article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2023. On January 1, Gangsta Boo died of a drug overdose...
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  • White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (category Sugar Hill Records (Hip-Hop label) singles)
    Don't Do It)" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Melle Mel, released as a 12" in 1983 on Sugar Hill Records. The song, which warns against the...
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  • The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (category Sugar Hill Records (Hip-Hop label) singles)
    accepted by Sugar Hill Records, saying: "I wouldn't even know how to ask a record label, 'Let me make a record with records'." However, label CEO Sylvia...
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  • The following is a list of notable alternative hip hop artists. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Ab-Soul Kevin...
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    Yasiin Bey (category American hip hop record producers)
    DEF), is an American rapper and actor. A prominent figure in conscious hip hop, he is recognized for his use of wordplay and commentary on social and...
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  • Apache (instrumental) (category Sugar Hill Records (Hip-Hop label) singles)
    Flash on the Wheels of Steel". West Street Mob, a group on the Sugar Hill Records label, made a song which interpolated parts of the "Apache" song by the...
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    A Tribe Called Quest (category Alternative hip hop groups)
    A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985, originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, rapper...
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  • article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2020. On January 1, Saint Paul, Minnesota, rapper Lexii...
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    Angie Stone (category Concord Records artists)
    female hip-hop act, also consisting of Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook and Gwendolyn "Blondie" Chisolm. They were the second rap group signed to the Sugar Hill Records...
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  • Sudden Death Records Sue Records Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass label) Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label) Sugar Music Suleputer Sumerian Records Summersteps...
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  • his first charted single, AZ's "Sugar Hill" from Doe or Die. Since the mid-90's, Lewis has produced songs for hip hop acts such as Shyheim, 50 Cent, Mobb...
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    Run-DMC (category East Coast hip hop groups)
    charting hip hop album The second hip hop act to appear on American Bandstand (the Sugar Hill Gang appeared first on the program in 1981) The first hip hop act...
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  • Busy Bee Starski (category East Coast hip hop musicians)
    old-school hip hop musician from New York, NY. First coming on the New York City music scene in 1977, Busy Bee worked with many of hip-hop's founding fathers...
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    Common (rapper) (category Hip hop activists)
    Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" won Best R&B Song at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. He signed with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West's record label GOOD Music, in...
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    Shaggy 2 Dope (category American hip hop record producers)
    record producer, DJ, podcast host, and professional wrestler. He is part of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse. He is the co-founder of the record label...
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  • Kool Moe Dee (category East Coast hip hop musicians)
    coming artist at Sugar Hill records by the name of Lavaba Mallison, who would later become his manager, Kool Moe Dee left Sugar Hill records to join Lavaba...
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  • Sugarhill Gang (album) (category Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label) albums)
    be the first hip hop studio album, leading to more studio albums by other rappers. The album was released in 1980 for Sugarhill Records and was produced...
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  • Doo Wop (That Thing) (category Lauryn Hill songs)
    lead single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on August 10, 1998, by Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. No commercial release was originally intended...
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    Violent J (category American hip hop record producers)
    rapper, record producer, professional wrestler, and part of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP). He is a co-founder of the record label Psychopathic...
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