{"id":83863,"date":"2014-11-11T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=83863"},"modified":"2014-11-11T18:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T17:00:06","slug":"r-i-p-big-bank-hank-of-the-sugarhill-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/r-i-p-big-bank-hank-of-the-sugarhill-gang\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Big Bank Hank of The Sugarhill Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MTV<\/a><\/p>\n

Henry Jackson, better known by his alias Big Bank Hank as one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group, The Sugarhill Gang, passed away early this morning. He was 57 years old. According to TMZ<\/a>, Hank had been suffering from cancer.<\/p>\n

Big Bank Hank began his rapping career in the early ’70s, and alongside fellow Sugarhill members Master Gee and Wonder Mike, broke down barriers for hip-hop when their 1979 single “Rapper’s Delight” reached Top 40 radio.<\/p>\n

R.I.P.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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