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Sugarhill Gang

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Sugarhill Gang

Summary

Sugarhill Gang is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sugarhill Gang's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Sugarhill Gang's genre is old-school hip-hop[4].
  • Sugarhill Gang's genre is disco[5].
  • Sugarhill Gang's genre is soul[6].
  • Sugarhill Gang was followed by 8th Wonder[7].
  • Among the performers on Sugarhill Gang was The Sugarhill Gang[8].
  • Sugarhill Gang's record label is recorded as Sugar Hill Records[9].
  • Sugarhill Gang was published on 1984[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1980-02-07[12]

  • Genre(s): disco, east coast hip hop, funk, hip hop, soul[13]

  • Community tags: disco, disco rap, east coast hip hop, funk, funk soul, hip hop, soul[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 51302e56-54ce-35d8-9ec6-66926dc8054f[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sugarhill Gang was performed by The it[8].

Publication

Sugarhill Gang was published on 1984[10]. Genres include old-school hip-hop[4], disco[5], and soul[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Sugarhill Gang was followed by 8th Wonder[7].

Why It Matters

Sugarhill Gang ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sugarhill-gang_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sugarhill Gang}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sugarhill-gang}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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