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The Formation of the Sugar Hill Gang and Their Debut Recording
Sylvia Robinson, an R&B singer turned producer, creates a new hip hop group with the help of her son and discovers Big Bank Hank as a promising MC. They record their first track using the hit disco song Good Times without permission.
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