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"Rapper's Delight" reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the 12th of January, 1980, making it the first rap single to break into the top 40 of that chart. It remains one of the most important rap songs ever recorded.
The Sugarhill Gang was formed in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1979. Producer Sylvia Robinson assembled the three members, Henry "Big Bank Hank" Jackson, Michael "Wonder Mike" Wright, and Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien, and co-founded Sugar Hill Records with her husband Joe Robinson to release their music.
After Joey Robinson reformed the group in 1994 without O'Brien, he began performing under O'Brien's stage name "Master Gee" and later trademarked both "Master Gee" and "Wonder Mike." O'Brien and Wright went to court to retrieve the rights to the names they had created.
Henry "Big Bank Hank" Jackson died on the 11th of November, 2014, at the age of 58, after a long battle with cancer.
Yes. While "Rapper's Delight" was their only U.S. top 40 hit, the group achieved multiple European hits through the mid-1980s, including "Apache," "8th Wonder," "Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)," and "Showdown" with the Furious Five. They also released "Lala Song" with French DJ Bob Sinclar in 2009.
In 2019 the Sugarhill Gang celebrated the 40th anniversary of "Rapper's Delight" and the group's formation. They launched the Rapper's Delight 40th Anniversary World Tour, running from the 24th of May to the 26th of July, 2019, and performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on the 25th of October, 2019.