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    The Sugarhill Gang

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    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 supposed novelty item. Music-industry producer and label-owner Sylvia Robinson had become aware of the massive hip-hop block parties occurring around the New York area during the late '70s, so she gathered ...more
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  • Kids' Rapper's Delight (Kids' Rap-Along)
  • The Vowels
  • It's Like a Dream Sometimes
  • ABC's
  • Kick a Rhyme with Dr. Seuss
  • Jump on It
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