The founder/CEO of seminal Hip Hop label Sugar Hill Records has died of congestive heart failure.
Sylvia Robinson founded the label in the 1970s and formed the group The Sugarhill Gang who later went on to release the first commercially successful Hip Hop single Rappers Delight in 1979. She also was the visionary and guiding force behind Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s most successful single The Message.
Sylvia was 75 years old.
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Rest In Peace Sylvia Robinson.
she was also a great artist in her own right… as well… with song like this…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pWDQJiEfE
rest in peace…… to sylvia and thank you for your contribution to our lives..
Wow! Sylvia….you will be missed… RIP….. NYC back in the day was so much fun. Just the vibe….nothing like that anymore…