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After 'Rapper's Delight,' hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MC Solaar, a pioneer of French rap Photo by Eric Catarina/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Soon after the fall 1979 release of “Rapper ...
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'Rapper's Delight': How hip-hop got its first record deal

Hip-hop was born at a party in 1973, but it'd be another six years until the first commercial hip-hop records. People have differing views of it, but the release of "Rapper's Delight" changed history.
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The unlikely origins of 'Rapper's Delight,' hip-hop's first mainstream hit

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 ...
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Hip-hop at 50: Queen Latifah, Chuck D and more legends on ‘Rapper’s Delight’ and their early influences

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s ...
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After ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real

Soon after the fall 1979 release of “Rapper’s Delight,” versions of the first commercially successful rap recording began cropping up around the world. The rapid spread of “Rapper’s Delight” is an ...