The Sugarhill Gang

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group. Their 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight" was the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
== Formation and early years ==
The members, all from Englewood, New Jersey, consisted of Michael "Wonder Mike" Wright, Henry "Big Bank Hank" Jackson, and Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien. The three were assembled into a group by producer Sylvia Robinson, who founded Sugar Hill Records with her husband, record producer Joe Robinson.[1]The group and the record company are named after the Sugar Hill, Harlem, neighborhood.[2]
The Sugarhill Gang never had another US hit, though it had a slew of European hits, such as "Apache", "8th Wonder" (which was performed on the American music show Soul Train in 1981), "Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)", and "Showdown" (with the Furious Five). In 1999, the trio reunited and recorded Jump on It! a hip hop children's album.[3]
== Later years ==
Following the departure of Wonder Mike and Hendogg from Sugarhill Records in 2005, the original members of the Sugarhill Gang apart from Jackson have performed as the Original Sugar and as Rapper's Delight Featuring Wonder Mike and Master Gee, largely due to a string of legal cases against them regarding the use of the name 'Sugarhill Gang'
On November 11, 2014, Big Bank Hank died at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.[4]
In 2016, the remaining living members of the original Sugarhill Gang, including Wonder Mike, Hendogg and Master Gee embarked on their first world tour in over a decade under the name The Sugarhill Gang. They performed as the Sugarhill Gang for the Art of Rap festival tour in 2016. They played at V Festival in Hylands Park and Weston Park in the UK as part of their world tour in 2016. On November 27, 2016 they played in Hong Kong at the Clockenflap Festival. On August 5, 2017 they headlined at the Depot in the Park Festival in Cardiff, United Kingdom.
== Discography ==
The Sugarhill Gang discography	The Sugarhill Gang discography
Studio albums 	5
Compilation albums 	9
Singles 	15
The discography of The Sugarhill Gang includes five studio albums, nine compilations and fifteen singles.
=== Studio albums ===
Year	Title	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions
Year	Title	U.S. top 200 	U.S. R&B 	NZ
1980	Sugarhill Gang
* Released: February 7, 1980
* Label: Sugar Hill Records	— 	4 	—
1981	8th Wonder
* Released: Late 1981
* Label: Sugar Hill	50 	15 	44
1983	Rappin' Down Town[5]
* Released: 1983
* Label: Sugar Hill	 	 	
1984	Livin' in the Fast Lane
* Label: Sugar Hill[6]	— 	— 	—
1999	Jump on It!
* Released: April 16, 1999
* Label: Rhino Entertainment	— 	— 	—
=== Compilation albums ===
* Sugarhill Gang Greatest Hits (1984)
* Rapper's Delight: The Best of Sugarhill Gang (1996)
* Ain't Nothin' but a Party (1998)
* Back to the Old School 2 - Rapper's Delights (1999)
* Sugarhill Gang, The* Vs. Grandmaster Flash - The Greatest Hits (2000)
* The Greatest Hits of Sugarhill Gang (2004 Tour) (2004)
* The Story of Sugarhill Records (2005)
* Hip Hop Anniversary Europe Tour: Sugarhill Gang Live (2008)
* Rhythm & Rhymes: The Definitive Collection (2010)
=== Singles ===
Year	Single 	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Peak chart positions	Album
Year	Single 	U.S. 	U.S. R&B 	U.S. Club Play 	NZ 	UK 	Album
1979	"Rapper's Delight" 	36 	4 	14 	18 	3 	Sugarhill Gang
1980	"Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Sugarhill Gang
1980	"8th Wonder" 	82 	15 	38 	— 	— 	8th Wonder
1981	"Apache" 	53 	13 	51 	— 	— 	8th Wonder
1981	"Showdown" (credited as The Furious Five meets The Sugarhill Gang)	— 	49 	— 	— 	— 	8th Wonder
1982	"The Lover In You" 	— 	55 	— 	— 	54 	Rappin Down Town
1983	"The Word Is Out" 	— 	71 	— 	— 	— 	Rappin Down Town
1983	"Be A Winner" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Rappin Down Town
1983	"Kick It Live from 9 to 5" / "The Lover In You" 	— 	50 	— 	— 	— 	Livin' in the Fast Lane
1984	"Livin' in the Fast Lane" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Livin' in the Fast Lane
1984	"Troy" / "Girls" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	Livin' in the Fast Lane
1984	"The Down Beat" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985	"Work, Work The Body" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1989	"Rapper's Delight (Hip Hop Remix '89)" 	— 	— 	— 	34 	58 	—
2009	"Lala Song" (credited as Bob Sinclar featuring The Sugarhill Gang)	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—