HACKENSACK — The Bronx may be widely known as the birthplace of hip-hop, but the genre also has deep roots in Bergen County, where the Sugarhill Gang brought the art form to the masses with “Rapper's ...
Hip-hop legends of "Rapper's Delight" fame, the Sugarhill Gang, performed at Nashville's intimate AB Hillsboro Village venue. The still touring touring quartet is four decades removed from an era ...
Funk You Up” had a playful chorus that mimicked a game of musical chairs: “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, ...
The roots of hip-hop might be firmly planted at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx, but its branches clearly extend into North Jersey. On Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc tried something new while ...
On May 9, 2025, East Coast rap icons The Sugarhill Gang will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the groundbreaking pinnacle of success for their 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight" at the intimate AB Hillsboro ...
It was 1979 when Sugarhill Gang first uttered the words “I said a hip, hop, the hippie to the hippie to the hip, hip, hop – a you don’t stop the rock.” And they haven’t stopped boogieing to the beat ...
*With Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in association with Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records, sponsoring the 38 th Anniversary of the famed Bronx nightclub “Disco Fever” by presenting an Old School ...
On today’s date, 44 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” became Hip-Hop’s first Top 40 single. “Rapper’s Delight” was released by Englewood, New Jersey’s Sugarhill Gang in August of 1979. As one of Hip Hop’s ...
Yard Goats fans will be treated to a different kind of delight at Dunkin’ Park after a game on Sept. 5 – old-school hip-hop artist the Sugarhill Gang. The team typically holds a post-game concert near ...
It's a big month for Island Hopper. The music festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this September with headliners Scotty McCreery and Jeffrey Steele and dozens of other singer-songwriters ...