The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" hit the disco and pop charts 30 years ago, transforming hip-hop from live street perfomance to a mainstream moneymaker. The Takeaway looked at the impact of 30 years of "Rapper's Delight" on music and culture with Mark Anthony Neal, professor of black pop culture at Duke University, Paul Miller (better known as DJ Spooky) and Keith Shocklee of The Bomb Squad, a producer for Public Enemy.
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| Audio: PRI & WNYC's program The Takeaway October 14, Host: Celeste Headlee. | |
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