Artist's albums
Jump On It!
1999 · album
Rapper's Delight: The Best Of The Sugarhill Gang
1996 · compilation
Livin' In The Fast Lane
1984 · album
8th Wonder
1981 · album
Apache / Rapper's Delight [Digital 45]
1981 · single
The Sugarhill Gang
1980 · album
Rapper's Delight
1979 · single
Someone Like You
2021 · single
Someone Like You (The Remixes)
2019 · single
Get on Up
2018 · single
Rapper's Delight
2018 · album
Hip Hop Anniversary Europe Tour
2008 · album
The Essentials: The Sugarhill Gang
2002 · compilation
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Biography
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 three local rappers (Master Gee, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank) to record a single. Infectious and catchy, "Rapper's Delight" borrowed the break from Chic's "Good Times" and became a worldwide hit, eventually selling more than eight million copies. Most industry people figured rap for a short-lived trend, and though they were dead wrong, the Sugarhill Gang certainly didn't carry the torch; despite several modest hits ("8th Wonder," "Apache"), the trio faded quickly and was gone by the mid-'80s, only returning in 1999 with Jump on It, a rap album for children. ~ John Bush, Rovi