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Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight as first major hip-hop single

The Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight on Sugar Hill Records, the first hip-hop single to become a top-40 pop hit, introducing rapping to a mainstream American and international audience and commercially validating hip-hop.

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  1. September 16, 1979
    Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight as first major hip-hop single

    The Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight on Sugar Hill Records, the first hip-hop single to become a top-40 pop hit, introducing rapping to a mainstream American and international audience and commercially validating hip-hop.

  2. September 1979
    "Rapper's Delight"

    The Sugarhill Gang's single becomes the first rap record to reach the pop charts, taking hip-hop to the masses.