Wonder Mike (né Michael Wright) had been rapping for just two months when Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson changed his life. It was 1979 and Mike had just joined a group called Sound on ...

MIDDLETOWN — The city is bringing the hip-hop group The Sugar Hill Gang, best known for its hit, “Rapper’s Delight,” will perform in a free concert at Harbor Park Sept. 23. In 1979, the Sugarhill Gang ...

Back in 1979, the Sugar Hill Gang had to contend with the naysayers: “Who are these guys? They’re from New Jersey.” Michael Wright — better known as Wonder Mike, of the Sugarhill Gang — was working at ...

On this day in 1979, The Sugarhill Gang released the first-ever Top 40 rap radio hit. WTOP caught up with the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture to discuss the legacy ...

On May 9, 2025, East Coast rap icons The Sugarhill Gang will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the groundbreaking pinnacle of success for their 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight" at the intimate AB Hillsboro ...

SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 02: (L to R) Sugar Hill Gang's Wonder Mike, Master Gee, and Hen Dogg attend the Gateway For Cancer Research's "Gateway Studio 54" Cures Gala at Renaissance Schaumburg ...

One-half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia, she also recorded “Pillow Talk,” an R&B hit in 1973. By Mike Barnes Sylvia Robinson, a singer and record producer whose label released “Rapper’s Delight,” ...

A legendary rap group is coming to Syracuse to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The Sugarhill Gang will perform at the Middle Ages Beer Hall in Syracuse on Friday, Dec. 1. Doors open at 7 ...

Last night, Brian Williams made his debut alongside co-anchor Lester Holt and Today‘s Kathie Lee Gifford (who makes a quick cameo) on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, “performing” The Sugarhill ...

"I said a hip hop, the hippy to the hippy to the hip hip hop and you don't stop, rock it to the bang bang boogie, say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat." So go the opening ...

Originally published by the Village Voice. Rapper’s Delight: Michael Wright — better known as Wonder Mike, of the Sugarhill Gang — was working at a candy factory in New Jersey when he penned some of ...