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Big Bank Hank: 'Rapper's Delight' and the Sugarhill Gang's revolution

3461 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentHis voice served as a call to action, an echo that continues today whenever a kid bellows the word “hip hop” into a microphone. It was in Henry “Big Bank Hank” Jackson’s lyrical wobble, the way he rapped through the Sugarhill Gang’s “Ra... more info

Sugarhill Gang's Henry 'Big Bank Hank' Jackson dies at 57

3461 days ago
Reuters(Reuters) - Hip hop pioneer Henry 'Big Bank Hank' Jackson, a founding member of The Sugarhill Gang, died Tuesday at the age of 57 after battling cancer. more info

'Big Bank Hank' of trailblazing Sugarhill Gang dies at 57

3461 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentHenry Lee Jackson, better known as “Big Bank Hank” of pioneer rap trio the Sugarhill Gang, has died at the age of 57. more info

'Big Bank Hank' of trailblazing Sugarhill Gang dies at 57

3461 days ago
L.A. Times - News more info

Sugarhill Gang Rapper ‘Big Bank Hank’ Dies at 57

3461 days ago
TimeHe died of kidney complications due to cancer, his manager said more info

R.I.P. Sugarhill Gang’s Big Bank Hank

3461 days ago
StereogumTMZ reports that Big Bank Hank, one third of pioneering rap group the Sugarhill Gang, died early this morning after a battle with cancer. Hank, born Henry Jackson, was 57. The Sugarhill Gang, and Hank in particular, have a long and strange story. Hip... more info

Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank Dies -- Dead at 57 from Cancer

3461 days ago
TMZBig Bank Hank ... the Sugarhill Gang rapper best know as "the grandmaster with 3 MCs that shock the house for the young ladies"... died early Tuesday morning ... TMZ has learned.Hank ... born Henry Jackson ... had been suffering from cancer. We're…... more info

Style Setters: Give Your Hair This Modern Matte Look Inspired By Vivienne Tam!

3851 days ago
Big Apple Music SceneYou know who has hair that always looks perfectly straight and in place? Sandra Bullock. Apparently she can also rap. I may not be able to learn all the lyrics to Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" like she did, but I may be able to achieve a perfec... more info

Rolling Stone: And the Greatest Hip-Hop Song of All Time Is…

4165 days ago
TimeGrandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s 1982 hit “The Message” is the number 1 song on Rolling Stone‘s first-ever list of “The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time.” (LIST: Listen to TIME’s Top 10 Songs of 2012 Playlist) The magazine ... more info

Othello – review

4379 days ago
Guardian MusicShakespeare's Globe, LondonOpening with the DJ blaring out the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight, this is Shakespeare's tragedy, though not as you may remember it. The latest instalment from the Globe to Globe season is billed as "Othello – perform... more info

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