Sugar Hill Gang
the songs
Rapper's Delight
Apache (Jump On It)
La La Song
8th Wonder
Hot Hot Summer Day
Kick It Live From 9 to 5
Sugar Hill Groove
Lover In You
ABOUT Sugar Hill Gang
Though Sugar Hill 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; they were dead wrong. Rapper's Delight was also the first rap song to become a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.