Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
The film rights for the “Mother of Hip Hop,” the late Sylvia Robinson (pictured), who helped put the musical genre on the map, was acquired…
Gimme my money!!! The executors of Sylvia Robinson (co-founder of Sugar Hill Records) are suing Universal Music Group for unpaid royalties. Hopefully they can get this all figured out, since the Sugar Hill Gang is preparing to release their first album since 1999. Legendary Hip-Hop group The sugar Hill Gang, R&B veterans The Moments and […]
http://s2smagazine.com/stories/2011/09/sylvia-robinson-mother-hip-hop-dead Sylvia Vanterpool Robinson, 75, often credited as the Mother of Hip-Hop, died today at 6:28 a.m. EST from congestive heart failure. Sylvia is revered in the rap community as the producer who took Chic’s sample of “Good Times” and with the help of the Sugar Hill Gang, turned it into “Rapper’s Delight,” the first […]
Sylvia Robinson has passed away at the age of 75. Sylvia Vanterpool Robinson, known as the Mother of Hip-Hop, died today at 6:28 a.m. EST from congestive heart failure. Sylvia who was born on March 6, 1936 was a singer, musician, music producer, and record label executive, most notably known for her work as founder/CEO […]