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Listen class: 44 years ago today, Rapper’s Delight became the first Rap record to hit Billboard's Top 100. “Rapper’s Delight” was released via Sugar Hill Records on September 16, 1979. Just a few months after it’s release, “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang became the first rap song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, entering the chart at No. 84 on November 13, 1979. Rapper’s Delight cracked the Top 40 at No. 37 on January 5 1980, peaking at No. 36 a week later.🎤🎤🎤
I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock it to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.
My latest article, "Nile Rogers, Good Times, and The Walking Bass"
dropped on Thursday, February 8th @ 7:00 PM Easter as part of the
Special Black History Month Edition: Anthology In Black. Check it out!
"Chic dominated the golden days of Disco, right on the heels of the Saturday Night Fever phenomenon. Nile Rogers’ passion for life transcended a musical era to affect genres and generations in future years and continues to this day."
By Kevin Robinson, Founder/Editor, Publisher of Three-Fifths Magazine.