B-13 Peer Review: Is Hip Hop Due For an Inferno!!!!!????
1979 Disco Inferno Night, Local News Coverage 288,197 views Hip- Hop was introduce in 1979 to the world buy Sylvia Robinson, Joe Robinson, and Milton Malden. It was brought to us on the heels of the Disco Inferno . (Video Above) Hip- Hop in it's insertion was designed to give a glimpse into the black experience. It peered into common fortuitous experiences that we (at the time) all had and not until Rapper's Delight did we hear our experiences beyond discussions among family and friends. We did not realize how common these experiences were in the black community until the spotlight was shone on it by SugarHill Gang in Rapper's Delight . Consequently, Rapper's Delight is the first Hip- Hop single to reach the top 40. Hip- Hop had a very successful run with great artists like, Sequence , Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five , Funky Four Plus One , Crash Crew , Treacherous Three , and the West Street Mob. Kurtis Blow, LLCool J, Fresh Prince and Jaz