History Music / TheSugarhillGang

--> While the stinky food's steaming, your mind starts to dreaming of the moment it's time to leave
--> And then you look at your plate and the chicken's slowly rotting, and there's something that looks like cheese
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Their band name is frequently misspelled as ''Sugar Hill'' instead of ''Sugarhill''.
** And ''please'' remember that "Rapper's Delight" is spelled with two Ps. Spell it with one and it becomes horrifying.

The Sugarhill Gang is an American rap group, considered an important pioneer in the genre. They are best-known for the 1979 single "Rapper's Delight", the first rap number to crack the ''Billboard'' Top 40, later becoming an international hit and helping introduce HipHop to a wide audience. "8th Wonder" (1980), and "Apache" (1981) are also considered classics. The band hails from Englewood, New Jersey, USA and were named after the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Manhattan. Members are Michael Wright, a.k.a. "Wonder Mike", Henry Jackson "Big Bank Hank" (who passed away on November 11, 2014) and Guy O'Brien, "Master Gee".

* ComicsRuleEverythingAroundMe: UrExample, with Hank's lines in "Rapper's Delight" about ComicBook/LoisLane and Franchise/{{Superman}}.

The Sugarhill Gang is an American rap group, considered an important pioneer in the genre. They are best-known for the 1979 single "Rapper's Delight", the first rap number to crack the ''Billboard'' Top 40, later becoming an international hit and helping introduce HipHop to a wide audience. "8th Wonder" (1980), and "Apache" (1981) are also considered classics. The band hails from Englewood, New Jersey, USA and were named after the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Manhattan. Members are Michael Wright, a.k.a. "Wonder Mike", Henry Jackson "Big Bank Hank" (who [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]] on November 11, 2014) and Guy O'Brien, "Master Gee".

The Sugarhill Gang is an American rap group, considered an important pioneer in the genre. They are best-known for the 1979 single "Rapper's Delight", the first rap number to crack the ''Billboard'' Top 40, on its way to becoming an international hit and helping introduce HipHop to a wide audience. "8th Wonder" (1980), and "Apache" (1981) are also considered classics. The band hails from Englewood, New Jersey, USA and were named after the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Manhattan. Members are Michael Wright, a.k.a. "Wonder Mike", Henry Jackson "Big Bank Hank" (who [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]] on November 11, 2014) and Guy O'Brien, "Master Gee".

The Sugarhill Gang is an American rap group, considered an important pioneer in the genre. They are best-known for the 1979 single "Rapper's Delight", the first rap number to crack the ''Billboard'' Top 40, on its way to becoming an international hit. "8th Wonder" (1980), and "Apache" (1981) are also considered classics. The band hails from Englewood, New Jersey, USA and were named after the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Manhattan. Members are Michael Wright, a.k.a. "Wonder Mike", Henry Jackson "Big Bank Hank" (who [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]] on November 11, 2014) and Guy O'Brien, "Master Gee".

Compared to their successors the Sugarhill Gang have always been family friendly. They refrain from using vulgar language or F-bombs and their songs are plain, innocent fun. It comes to no surprise that they even recorded a music album for children in 1999.

* FatherlyAdvice: A la Big Bank Hank in Rapper's Delight: ''"whatever you do in your lifetime, you never let an MC steal your rhyme"''

** Music/BeastieBoys songs "Slow and Low" (from ''Music/LicensedToIll'') and "Shake Your Rump" (from ''Music/PaulsBoutique'') both sample "8th Wonder" by the Sugarhill Gang. "Shadrach", also from ''Paul's Boutique'', samples "Sugarhill Groove".
** ''The Ketchup Song'' (2002) by Las Ketchup was a novelty song about people who enjoy "Rappers' Delight", [[{{Mondegreen}} but could never make out what the lyrics were?]] So they just sang gibberish.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although they are a family-friendly group, "Rapper's Delight" does contain a few innuendos in its lyrics, some of which were blatant enough for Creator/PlaygroundGames to {{Bowdlerize}} the song for its inclusion in ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon 4''.

* ProductPlacement: A Lincoln Continental, a Cadillac, The New York Knicks, and Holiday Inn are mentioned in "Rapper's Delight".

* ProductPlacement: A Lincoln Continental, a Cadillac, The Nits, and Holiday Inn are mentioned in "Rapper's Delight".

* UnbuiltTrope: Since there had never been a hit rap single before, when it came time to release an album featuring "Rapper's Delight", their label [[ItWillNeverCatchOn didn't think there was a market for a full album of rapping]], so besides an extended version of the hit, it also featured straightforward songs and an instrumental.

The Sugarhill Gang is an American rap group, one of the pioneers in the genre and the first band to have an international Top 40 hit. They are best known for their singles "Rapper's Delight" (1979), "8th Wonder" (1980), and "Apache" (1981). The band hails from Englewood, New Jersey, USA and were named after the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Manhattan. Members are Michael Wright, a.k.a. "Wonder Mike", Henry Jackson "Big Bank Hank" (who [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]] on November 11, 2014) and Guy O'Brien, "Master Gee".

* UnbuiltTrope: Since there had never been a hit rap single before, when it came time to release an album featuring "Rapper's Delight", their label didn't think there was a market for a full album of rapping, so besides an extended version of the hit, it also featured straightforward songs and an instrumental.

--> The beat don't stop to the break of dawn.