{"id":88101,"date":"2015-04-04T17:58:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T15:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=88101"},"modified":"2015-04-04T17:58:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T15:58:48","slug":"sylvia-robinson-pioneering-record-producer-record-executive-sugar-hill-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/sylvia-robinson-pioneering-record-producer-record-executive-sugar-hill-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvia Robinson: Pioneering Record Producer & Record Executive (Sugar Hill Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sylvia<\/p>\n

Sylvia Robinson (1936-2011) was a singer, composer, and record producer who brought rap music out of the New York City clubs and popularized what was a new genre of music by forming the Sugarhill Gang.<\/p>\n

“Rapper’s Delight” was the group’s first recording, and the record sold more than eight million copies, reached No. 4 on the R&B charts and No. 36 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1979. The song forever changed music by introducing rap and hip hop to the broader world.<\/p>\n

Sylvia Robinson is also, allegedly, the person on whom Cookie Lyon on the hit television show, Empire, is generally based.<\/p>\n

These are the reasons why record producer and filmmaker Bayer Mack has created a three-minute tribute to Sylvia Robinson’s life. Mack felt she was among the women worthy of much greater recognition during Women’s History Month. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at huffingtonpost.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And check out a quick synopsis of her in the video below.<\/p>\n