L.A. Times - Entertainment — His 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

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

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

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Time — He died of kidney complications due to cancer, his manager said more info

Stereogum — TMZ 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

TMZ — Big 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

Big Apple Music Scene — You 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

Time — Grandmaster 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

Guardian Music — Shakespeare'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