Sylvia Vanterpool Robinson, credited as the Mother of Hip Hop, died earlier this morning from congestive heart failure.
As founder of Sugar Hill Records, the 75-year-old rap industry veteran first helped push Hip Hop to the mainstream, producing The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. She also produced Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message,” as well as her 1973 hit “Pillow Talk.”
According to S2S, Robinson was ill for five months before passing away in Secaucus, New Jersey. She leaves behind a husband and three sons.
RIP, really great person for hip hop
bullshit. she was a slavemaster as bad or worse than ** any ** white record executive– mostly worse because she used her melanin to take advantage of dudes who didn’t know better…
motherfuck her twice and the whole Sugar Hill biz.
I am pretty sure Melle Melle and the Furious Five, Crash Crew,and Sugar Hill Gang aint feel the same ….she robbed them
“We dont wanna be left behind
All we wanna do is just blow your mind
Just one more time”
She started the Hip Hop record industry along with the fatback band but man she jerk the shit out of every artist that was on sugarhill she was suge knight and puffy before suge knight and puffy. but godbless you she created a billion dollar industry.
good for hip hop my ass. This woman stole stole stole the culture away from the true innovators. She got 3 people who never rapped a day in they life and gave them lyrics and told them “preform”
Sure she made rappers delight go mainstream
So we credit that. But the actual song was stolen
How low is that??
RIP either way.
Her husbands a real crook. Lots of books have slandered te robinson name
The same thing most singers do. Get some one to write a song ( Grand Master Caz) for them and sing it. Be thankful that A BLACK WOMAN IS THE ONE WHO TOOK RAP MUSIC OUT OF NEW YORK AND SENT IT AROUND THE WORLD.
cunt fucking CROOK, she lived too long for the all the grief she caused. see ya’ schmuck!
Yeah, you are right. I couldn’t recall who she was at first but yeah…she was the chick who made a mockery of hip hop and then turned around and ganked the utter shit out of the artists and then some.
Let’s stop with this “Mother of Hip Hop” false moniker for her and just leave it at a cool RIP. Truthfully, Millie Jackson could truly be called “Mother of Hip Hop” and one can argue Lyn Collins as well.
Please get your ish together, Horowitz. You WOAT reporter.
Really, these are the comments that you post concerning a person who just earned her wings. You probably were not born when rappers delight was released. So shut up!
It would be Steven Horowitz to call her “Mother of Hip Hop” SMH just let her be. She was a jerk in life and now may she rest in peace.
Seems like the same person posting several comments. Maybe you knew her personally & needed to vent. Although, it’s good for truth to be revealed, nature already had it’s way with her. Ease up.
Vile chatter after the fact changes nothing. Like someone speaking ill of you over your coffin at your funeral.
Class-less.
RIP.
yall know women wasnt getting no respect in any business much less music, for a long time. whatever game she played she learnt it from men. life is hard. guess she was harder than alot of them.
probably was a witch in real life, but still a woman and somebody’s mom all the same. where ever she ends up may it be peaceful.
All these complaints about the woman who took rap out of NYC and sent it around the world. If someone got jerked in their contracts it is their own fault for not reading it or having a competent person read it for them. But, I guess they were to busy dropping out of school and now they want to whine about someone taking advantage of them.
You know how much money it costs for mostly broke ass Bronx rapper to fight Sugar Hill lies?
Sylvia Robinson was a scumbag, good riddance.
guess you that:
“mostly broke ass Bronx rapper”
1 love
remembered & respected.
“and _____ ________ was stealin’ and robbin’ em..”
smh, typical for a jew to write this bullshit propaganda.
Fuck her. If she didn’t press the records someone else would have– get your goddamn history straight.
And while you’re at it, fine me even ONE Sugar Hill act who a good word to say about her.
Ya’ll “celebrating” her record biz are only repping your goddamn IGNORANCE.
Wake the fuck up.
For all of you ignorant fucks on here disrespecting the deceased, fuck off. I dont care if what she did was bad or good for Hip-Hop. She’s dead. If you dont like her, then don’t click on this. Have some respect jesus.
R.I.P Sylvia Robinson
“HipHop Forever” -Nas:
R.I.P Sylvia Robinson….
For good or bad Hip-Hop wouldn’t be as big as it is without her contributions. She didn’t do anything singlehandedly, but she’s a piece of the puzzle.
Peace to her family.
R.I.P