The Sugarhill Gang

"Rapper's Delight" is the title of a song recorded by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world. The song's opening lyric "I said a hip hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop" is world-renowned. The song is ranked #251 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #2 on both About.com's and VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. The 15-minute song was recorded in a single take.^[1] There are three versions of the song: 14:37 (12" long version), 6:30 (12" short version), and 4:55 (shortened single version).



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