Sugar Hill Live On Stage: The Sugarhill Gang

DOORS TO THIS SHOW OPEN AT 7:00 PM

The Sugarhill Gang is coming to Sugar Hill! Mark your calendars for October 4 as the Sugarhill Gang will perform at The Eagle Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. on October 4.

Though the Sugarhill Gang inaugurated the history of recorded hip-hop with their single “Rapper’s Delight,” a multi-platinum-seller and radio hit in 1979, the group was cooked up to cash in on a supposed novelty item. Music industry producer and label owner Sylvia Robinson had become aware of the massive hip-hop block parties occurring around the New York area during the late ’70s, so she gathered three local rappers (Master Gree, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank) to record a single. Infectious and catchy, “Rapper’s Delight” borrowed the break from Chic’s “Good Times” and became a worldwide hit, eventually selling more than eight million copies.