Hip-Hop was becoming more recognized and popular through out the world. Artist were being recognized and pushed into a studio where they put their music on to a record. Their record soon became pushed on to the airwaves, which made their music even more popular then before.
Sylvia Robinson is a producer in New Jersey, who put the Sugar Hill gang together, rushed them into the studio to make a record. The record would make it to the airwaves. They soon became Rappers Delight. "Rapper's Delight" hit #36 on the U.S. pop charts, #4 on the U.S. R&B charts, and #3 on the UK singles chart. In 1979 it became the first hip-hop single to go gold." [wikipedia.org]
Big Bank Hank, Wonder Mike, and Master Gee was members of "The Sugar Hill Gang". Big Bank Hank was a MC and club bouncer and he used his rhymes in producing the music of "Rappers Delight". Wonder Mike was an MC and his voice introduced "Rappers Delight" which became the first Hip-Hop Hit. Master Gee was a local rapper in New Jersey. The Rappers Delight became so popular that when the record was released, people were already in the stores waiting. They were waiting for weeks to get a copy of the records. Records were not being produces fast enough to met the demands of the buyers. People were calling up radio stations to play the record over and over. The Sugar Hill Gang became one the first American Hip-Hop group, that made their biggest hit, "Rappers Delight" and was also known nationally.
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