{"id":1445,"date":"2010-01-07T00:24:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2014-04-21T21:44:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T02:44:53","slug":"sugarhillgang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/artists\/emcees\/sugarhillgang.htm","title":{"rendered":"Sugarhill Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"
Members<\/span><\/span><\/strong> The story of the Sugarhill Gang is perhaps one of the most controversial among old school hip hop and hip hop on a whole for that matter.<\/p>\n A woman named Sylvia Robinson, who herself was involved in the music industry, heard this new underground sound called rap and felt that there was market there for the taking.\u00a0 She began to put together a group to record a rap record.<\/p>\n At the same time, Henry Jackson was a bouncer in club and also a part time hip hop manager.\u00a0 Henry used to listen to mix tapes of various crews of the time and rap along with the lyrics.\u00a0 One night Sylvia overheard Henry repeating some rhymes of Grandmaster Caz<\/a> of the Cold Crush Brothers<\/a>.\u00a0 She asked Henry if he was interested in joining a group.<\/p>\n Here’s where the controversy begins.<\/p>\n Instead of revealing the true author of the rhymes, Henry agreed.\u00a0 He later went to visit Caz who agreed to let Henry use his rhymes.\u00a0 Caz figured if Henry got hooked up, he was later help Caz and Cold Crush do the same.\u00a0 Obviously, he never did.<\/p>\n Henry Jackson, now renamed Big Bank Hank, joined Wonder Mike, and Master Gee and formed the Sugarhill Gang.\u00a0 They went on to record “Rapper’s Delight<\/a>.”\u00a0 The song eventually went on to sell over 2 million copies, hit #4 on the R&B chart, and became the highest selling 12 inch single ever.<\/p>\n
\nWonder Mike (Mike Wright)
\nBig Bank Hank (Henry Jackson)
\nMaster Gee (Guy O’Brien)
\nKory O<\/strong><\/p>\n