Sylvia Robinson (1935-2011) has deservedly been called “the mother of hip-hop” for her efforts in co-founding and running Sugar Hill Records. But even as impressive an honorific as that can’t begin to ...
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Sylvia Robinson, a music executive who lit the fuse that ignited the popularity of hip-hop, died Thursday morning at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J. She was ...
But when Sylvia Robinson heard a DJ speaking over a track at the club, she was all ears. Lovebug Starski was the man on the mic at Harlem World that night, and Robinson watched as the crowd moved to ...
TENAFLY, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- Forty years ago, three guys in Englewood, New Jersey, made hip-hop history. The Sugarhill Gang helped put rap on the map when their song "Rapper's Delight" became the ...
Sylvia Robinson had keen ears. But her vision was better still, according to many who worked with the late groundbreaking record executive, one of this year's inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of ...
The son of hip-hop pioneer Sylvia Robinson sat down with News 12's Naomi Yane to celebrate New Jersey's ties to hip-hop and Robinson's legacy. “Love is Strange” is a late '50s hit song by R&B duo ...
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