B13 Peer Review

The first & pioneer of all female hip-hop Groups   Hailing straight from Columbia, SC “The Sequence” first all-girl hip hop female group childhood friends—Cheryl Cook (Cheryl the Pearl), Gwendolyn (Blondy) Chisolm and Angie Brown Stone (Angie B)— who were high school cheerleaders. The Sequence asked Sylvia Robinson, CEO of the noted Sugar Hill Records Label for a chance to audition backstage at a Sugar Hill Gang concert held right in their city at Township Auditorium 1979 where they performed original written song in high-school “Funk You Up”.   The Sequence, were discovered immediately by Sylvia Robinson, she took them under her wings making the most of opportunity for childhood friends to become stars. After being the 2 nd  group signed by Sugar Hill in 1979, The Sequence’s first single “Funk You Up” went gold in just three weeks’ time and sold over 500,000 units of a 12’ inch single 1st of all female hip-hip groups in the history of Hip Hop. The Sequence paved the