At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care. Somebody scream.

One year before Johnny Cash’s death, he recorded an unexpected song that served as an especially poignant farewell. In 2002, ...

MIDDLETOWN — The city is bringing the hip-hop group The Sugar Hill Gang, best known for its hit, “Rapper’s Delight,” will perform in a free concert at Harbor Park Sept. 23. In 1979, the Sugarhill Gang ...

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Keith LeBlanc, the Tackhead drummer, producer, and session musician best known for his work on classic hip-hop songs by Grandmaster Flash and Sugarhill Gang, died on Thursday (April 4) due to an ...

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur talks about Angie Stone’s profound impact on music talking to legends of Hip-Hop Culture. In 1981, after she had a hit song, Angie B was backstage at Disco Fever in the Bronx ...

The Sugar Hill Gang hit the scene and cranked out Hip-Hop’s first Hit song. But, there have been rumors that The mafia was linked to the iconic label Sugar Hill Records. It’s time for people to start ...

The musical “Guys and Dolls” holds a special place in the history of The Players Guild at Sugar Hill. It was the first musical ever produced by the theatre group nine years ago. With songs such as ...