Sugarhill Gang: how we made Rapper's Delight

‘I’d heard this word hip-hop and just started going: “Hip-hop hippie to the hippie to the hip-hip hop”’
When I was in 10th grade in New Jersey, I went to a party and heard someone talking rhythmically through a mic. “That’s rapping,” he said. “That’s what they’re doing in New York.” I had started DJ-ing to make some money and added rapping to my repertoire. Continue reading...