Rapper's Delight turns 30 this year, and it's generally considered the first big hip-hop song. The Sugarhill Gang, generally considered the Godfathers of rap and hip-hop, were a NYC group and, it's fair to say, rap music originated here.
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Actually they're from Jersey!
ReplyDelete(Bracing myself for the requisite "no wonder they suck" comments...)
I don't think they suck! I stand corrected.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPwzh6cItQ
ReplyDeleteNew Sugarhillll Gang video, they're alive and kicking, thought you might like this.