BIG BANK HANK OF SUGARHILL GANG DIES
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Big Bank Hank of Sugarhill Gang has died. Funeral director Aree Booker of Eternity Funeral Services in Englewood, New Jersey, confirms Hank died yesterday at the age of 57. A cause of death was not given. Sugarhill Gang are credited with having the first rap hit with “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. LL Cool J tweets Hank was one of the guys who inspired him to touch a microphone. Big Daddy Kane tweets Hank was “one third of the song that made all of this hip hop music possible.”
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Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
