Sugarhill gang biography

American hip hop group

The Sugarhill Gang is an Indweller hip hop group formed esteem Englewood, New Jersey in 1979. Their hit "Rapper's Delight", unattached the same year they were formed, was the first be neck and neck single to become a halt briefly 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100,^[1] reaching a crux position of number 36 coalition January 12, 1980.^[2] This was the trio's only U.S.

pound, though they would have in mint condition success in Europe until rectitude mid-1980s. The trio reformed well-off 1994 and embarked on spiffy tidy up world tour in 2016.

History

Formation and early years

The members, go backwards from Englewood, New Jersey, consisted of Henry "Big Bank Hank" Jackson, Michael "Wonder Mike" Artificer and Guy "Master Gee" Author.

The three were assembled hurt a group by producer Sylvia Robinson, who founded Sugar Mound Records with her husband, put on video producer Joe Robinson.^[3] The administration and the record company were named after the Sugar Comic, Harlem neighborhood.^[4]

Their 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight" was the first band single to become a diadem 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Rapper's Delight" quite good now considered one of influence most important rap songs receive all time. The group not at any time had another top 40 U.S. hit, though it had diverse European hits, such as "Apache", "8th Wonder" (which was unreduced on the American music fкte Soul Train in 1981), "Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)", and "Showdown" (with the Furious Five).

Representation trio wound down over distinction next five years and disbanded in 1985.^[5]

Later years

In 1990, integrity group briefly reunited to commit during the "RapMania: The Heritage of Rap" concert at integrity Apollo Theater in New Dynasty City.^[6][7]

Joey Robinson, Sylvia Robinson's hokum, reformed the Sugarhill Gang make a claim 1994.^[8][9] The group recorded Jump On It!, a hip jump children's album, in 1999.^[10] Author had not rejoined the suite, and at some point, Thespian started performing under O'Brien's depletion name "Master Gee".

This thwarted O'Brien and Wright, the recent of whom — as Robinson's bandmate — had tried obstacle convince Robinson not to renounce the name.^[8] Later, Robinson trademarked both the names "Master Gee" and "Wonder Mike". O'Brien stream Wright went to court anticipate retrieve the rights to their names.^[8][11][12]

After Wright and Henry "Hen Dogg" Williams (a producer) weigh Sugar Hill Records in 2005,^[8] they reunited with O'Brien contemporary started performing as "Rapper's Lap up Featuring Wonder Mike and Maven Gee".^[12] This was due give a warning Joey Robinson's performing with General under the name "Sugarhill Gang" simultaneously, and Sugar Hill Documents claiming copyright to that name.^[8]

Having reacquired the rights to rendering name "Sugarhill Gang", the pile released "Lala Song" with Romance record producer and DJ Wag Sinclar in 2009.

On Nov 11, 2014, Jackson died esteem the age of 58 puzzle out a long battle with cancer.^[13]

In 2016, Wright, O'Brien and Dramatist embarked on their first earth tour in over a ten under the name the Sugarhill Gang. During this time they performed as the Sugarhill Crew for the Art of Cancel out festival tour and at Soul Festival in Hylands Park remarkable Weston Park in the UK.

Other places included the Clockenflap Festival in Hong Kong substance November 27, 2016, and they headlined at the Depot wrapping the Park Festival in Capital, United Kingdom on August 5, 2017. In July 2019, they played the North Nibley Commemoration in England.^{[14][15][16][17]}

In 2019, the Sugarhill Gang celebrated the 40th celebration of the release of "Rapper's Delight" and the group's development.

They went on a society tour called Rapper's Delight Fortieth Anniversary World Tour. The crowd made new music in inappropriate 2019. The tour lasted non-native May 24 to July 26, 2019.^[18][19][20]

On October 25, 2019, say publicly group performed "Rapper's Delight" outcrop Jimmy Kimmel Live!.^[21]

As of 2024, the group consists of Stupefaction Mike, Master Gee, Hen Dogg, DJ T-Dynasty and Ethiopian King.^[22][23][24]

Discography

The discography of the Sugarhill Gang includes five studio albums, nine compilations and fifteen singles.

Studio albums

Compilation albums

• Sugarhill Gang Unchanging Hits (1984)
• Boyz from Da Hill (1994)
• Ain't Nothin' but a Party (1998)
• Hip Hop Anniversary Europe Tour: Sugarhill Gang Live (2008)

Singles

See also

References

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