Sugar Hill Records Founder Sylvia Robinson Dies At 75

Sugar Hill Records Founder Sylvia Robinson Dies At 75

Sugar Hill Records Founder Sylvia Robinson Dies At 75, Legendary music executive Sylvia Robinson “The Mother Of Hip-Hop” passed away today due to congestive heart failure.
Sylvia Robinson founded and was CEO of Sugar Hill Records. She is responsible for the hip-hop group “The Sugar Hill Gang,” and their song “Rapper’s Delight” the first hip-hop song released. She then followed up with Grandmaster Flash’s div>


classic song “The Message”. Hip-Hop lost one of the greats today.Sylvia Robinson, the producer of the Sugar Hill Gang's pioneering hip-hop single "Rapper's Delight," died this morning at the age of 75 from congestive heart failure.