Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank Dies -- Dead at 57 from Cancer
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…
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 ... 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... 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
Brooklyn Vegan — Big Big Hank (left) w/ Sugarhill Gang Big Bank Hank (aka Hank Jackson) of The Sugarhill Gang, passed away this morning after suffering from cancer, TMZ reports. He was 57... more info
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” Ja... 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.
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TMZ — We have no doubt Sugarhill Gang rapper Big Bank Hank is still shocking the house for the young ladies. Only difference now is ... he's got God on the ones and twos now. O... more info