Three years after Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, we celebrate the "Mother of Hip Hop," Sylvia Robinson. More than just an executive, she was a visionary who heard a new sound and knew exactly what to do with it. When three guys rapped the now-iconic lyrics of "Rapper's Delight" and she decided to "marry" them into a group on the spot, creating the Sugarhill Gang, and thus begins the story of a modern musical genre.

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