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The historic early hip-hop trio Sugarhill Gang are currently on a 30th anniversary tour, commemorating a career that began with the release of the watershed single "Rapper's Delight" in 1979.

When hip-hop blew up, Kurtis Blow was there. His 1980 song "The Breaks" became the second rap track to reach the Top 5 of Billboard magazine's R&B chart .

Irish 4-piece The Angel Pier kicked off 2009 with a storming show to a packed Whelan's in Dublin, showcasing new songs including two the band recorded recently withJjimmy Eadie.

One of the truisms of pop music is that in a style's early years, novelty songs are commonplace: the freshness and novelty of the musical form lends itself to giggly comic songs, and in turn new audiences attracted by the humor get exposed to the new kind of music.

Nikki Giovanni speaks at Bell Memorial Union By Joel Hersch Many people came out to see Giovanni speak and read her personal poetry about love, family and life Friday evening at the Bell Memorial Union auditorium.

Rudy Giuliani thinks it's too nice to bring the 9/11 detainees to trial in New York, writes the Post : "There seems to be an over-concern with the rights of terrorists and a lack of concern with the rights of the public." He noted that terror chief Khalid Sheik Mohammed "asked to be brought to New York" when he was first arrested.

Hip-hop pioneers The Sugarhill Gang will mark the 30th anniversary of their iconic hit Rapper's Delight with a special honour at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

Hip-hop conscious Stefan Christoff This month, the world marks the 30th anniversary of hip-hop's emergence from the streets of New York City - back in Oct.

"Now what you hear is not a test": Thirty years ago this month, a thrown-together crew from Englewood, N.J. - Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank, and Master Gee, collectively calling themselves the Sugarhill Gang - released their first single, "Rapper's Delight." It wasn't the first hip-hop recording, but it was the first to become a widespread hit, ...

"The blog your favorite blogger reads...." Monday, October 19, 2009 "Rapper's Delight" Turned 30 years old last week! Surprised no other hip hop blogs acknowledged this.

Rob "Da Noize" Temple is best known for performing with the Sugarhill Gang, a hip-hop group formed in 1975.

THIRTY years ago in a trendy New York nightclub, three young lads in jeans and T-shirts jumped on stage as the Chic disco classic Good Times started playing.

THIRTY years after the first mainstream rap song, Rapper's Delight, hit the US charts, what effect has hip-hop had on New York and wider American society? Joe Conzo gets misty eyed when he recalls his teenage years in the South Bronx.

Thirty years on from Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang becoming the first mainstream rap song to hit the US charts, hip-hop has played a surprising role in shaping modern British culture.

Rapper's Delight, by the Sugarhill Gang, became the first hit rap song 30 years ago after it entered the US Billboard charts in October 1979.

Thirty years on from Rapper's Delight, by the Sugarhill Gang, becoming the first mainstream rap song to hit the US charts, how and why has hip-hop spread to different parts of the world? Public Enemy rapper Chuck D famously once said rap was "CNN for black people". In the years following its emergence in 1970s New York, hip-hop culture has ...

The golden age of hip-hop, many argue, was the early years, before California brought the gangsta sound into full effect.

Take the rap: Bashy plays the title role in 'Markus the Sadist', Jonzi D's new play about an aspiring rapper who sells his soul for fame and fortune enlarge Jonzi D has had enough.

Elbow - 'Grounds For Divorce' Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Hysteric' Sinead O'Connor & Republic Of Loose - 'We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue' AC/DC - 'Highway To Hell' Passion Pit - 'Little Secrets' The Flaming Lips - 'Do You Realise?' The Sugarhill Gang - 'Rapper's Delight' Codes - 'You Are Here' Eurythmics - 'Sweet Dreams ' Jamie T - 'Chaka Demus' ...

The Sugar Hill Gang started it back in the early Eighties when they chanted about the "hotel, motel, Holiday Inn" in the hit "Rapper's Delight". A quarter of a century later, rappers are still name-checking brands from Cristal champagne to Jello in their music - and the practice is proving to be lucrative.