{"id":60,"date":"2021-02-26T18:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T23:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/?p=60"},"modified":"2021-04-27T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:34:28","slug":"september-16th-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/september-16th-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"September 16th, 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_76\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/800px-Break_Dance_wedstrijd_in_Vondelpark_Bestanddeelnr_933-0478.jpg?resize=477%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/800px-Break_Dance_wedstrijd_in_Vondelpark_Bestanddeelnr_933-0478.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/800px-Break_Dance_wedstrijd_in_Vondelpark_Bestanddeelnr_933-0478.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/800px-Break_Dance_wedstrijd_in_Vondelpark_Bestanddeelnr_933-0478.jpg?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Rob Bogaerts \/ Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hip-hop roots and the debate of which song is the first-ever hit, are common phenomena within the hip-hop community. However, the most recognized \u201cfirst\u201d hip-hop song has to go to The Sugarhill Gang with their hit single in 1979, \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d. Members of this famous trio include Wonder Mike, Master Gee, and Big Bank Hank in which they originated in Englewood, New Jersey in 1973.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some music critics and historians contend \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d wasn\u2019t the first hip-hop\/rap song, but merely the first Top 40 hip-hop\/rap single. Regardless \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d introduced the genre to many people, making the song incredibly important to the foundation of hip-hop history. For me, this song definitely plays a huge role in my love of the genre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I remember days when my Dad and I would be spring cleaning, windows wide open with a cool breeze coming through, and the music blasting. After we finished listening to \u201cMan in the Mirror\u201d by Michael Jackson for our millionth time, Dad usually played some of his old mixes from when he used to DJ in Erie under the name of DJ Jazzy J (J for Joe). When \u201cRapper\u2019s Delight\u201d came on, we couldn\u2019t help but to \u201cboogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.\u201d It was moments like this when I knew, I couldn\u2019t escape my passion for hip-hop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to listen to the first single released on Sugarhill Records on September 16th, 1979:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper&#039;s Delight (Official Video)\" width=\"920\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mcCK99wHrk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hip-hop roots and the debate of which song is the first-ever hit, are common phenomena within the hip-hop community. However, the most recognized \u201cfirst\u201d hip-hop song has to go to<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/september-16th-1979\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September 16th, 1979<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4,5,9,8],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-beginning","tag-culture","tag-evolution","tag-sugarhill-gang","tag-the-beginning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/800px-Break_Dance_wedstrijd_in_Vondelpark_Bestanddeelnr_933-0478.jpg?fit=799%2C531&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/hiphopdailychronic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}