Thursday, September 29, 2011

'Mother of Hip-Hop' Sylvia Robinson -- Dead at 75


Sylvia Robinson -- who produced the first mainstream hip-hop hit "Rapper's Delight" -- died this morning of congestive heart failure.

Robinson was widely regarded as the "Mother of Hip-Hop" -- producing huge hits like “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five.... and "Rapper's Delight" with the Sugar Hill Gang.

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