It’s been 35 years since the song “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugar Hill Gang made its debut on the radio, yet the track still holds a unique magic. It was one of the first commercial successes for rap ...

On May 9, 2025, East Coast rap icons The Sugarhill Gang will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the groundbreaking pinnacle of success for their 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight" at the intimate AB Hillsboro ...

On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the Englewood, ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - January 5, 1980, The Sugarhill Gang made history when “Rapper’s Delight” became hip-hop’s first song to crack the Billboard Top 40.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap ...

Knight is a local DJ and rapper who lives in North Park. I bought my first hip-hop single as a kid. It was the Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight.” That’s when I fell in love with hip-hop. Later on in ...

Claire Foy won’t stop without rocking it out! The 34-year-old actress stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, and wowed the crowd with her word-perfect rendition of “Rapper’s ...

Queen LatifahFor Queen Latifah, "Rapper's Delight" was the first rap song she and a lot of others heard and memorized where she grew up in Newark, New Jersey. But the biggest record in her world as a ...

On today’s date, 45 years ago, Hip Hop’s first Billboard Top 40 single, “Rapper’s Delight,” was released by Englewood, New Jersey’s Sugarhill Gang. As one of Hip Hop’s earliest relics, this single, ...