In honor of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, CNN is taking a look at some of our favorite women rappers.
Does the name Sylvia Robinson ring a bell? For hip-hop fans, it should. Not only did she found Sugar Hill Records, the first hip-hop record label, with husband Joe Robinson, she also produced the 1979 track “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang. That track achieved massive commercial success, becoming the first hip-hop track to chart the Billboard Top 40. But that’s not all.
1 on the Billboard 200, and its lead single “Doo Wop ,” a perfect showcase of her rapping and singing prowess, also debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100. Hill was ahead of her time in more ways than one. Incorporating elements of reggae, R&B and gospel, “Miseducation” embodies the genre-bending that is so characteristic of modern hip-hop — and music in general. Twenty-five years later, Hill’s mark on our culture is indelible.
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