The woman some call the mother of hip-hop has died. Sylvia Robinson, who had a hit as a singer-songwriter with the sexually charged "Pillow Talk" but was later known as one of hip-hop's early founders ...
*The legacy of the late Sugar Hill Records founder/CEO Sylvia Robinson will be explored and celebrated in a new documentary from Black Starz Music Television. Prior to founding Sugar Hill, Robinson ...
Sylvia Robinson, the woman often credited with being the “mother of Hip-Hop” died today at age 75. According to Sister 2 Sister, Sylvia had been ill for approximately five months before passing this ...
With All-Platinum, Sylvia now had a vehicle with which to hone her writing and production chops, at the same time introducing to the public promising young talent in hopes of making them household ...
Hollywood and Broadway producer Paula Wagner has acquired the film rights to the life story of the late Sylvia Robinson, the singer, songwriter, record producer, publisher, and record company head ...
Sylvia Robinson (1935-2011) has deservedly been called “the mother of hip-hop” for her efforts in co-founding and running Sugar Hill Records. But even as impressive an honorific as that can’t begin to ...
EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning filmmaker Justin Simien is set to direct Warner Bros. untitled Sylvia Robinson project about the famed singer, songwriter, and Sugar Hill Records founder known as ‘The Mother ...
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Sylvia Robinson, a music executive who lit the fuse that ignited the popularity of hip-hop, died Thursday morning at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J. She was ...
The son of hip-hop pioneer Sylvia Robinson sat down with News 12's Naomi Yane to celebrate New Jersey's ties to hip-hop and Robinson's legacy. “Love is Strange” is a late '50s hit song by R&B duo ...
Producer Paula Wagner has acquired the film rights to the life story of Sylvia Robinson, the founder of Sugar Hill Records, with an eye toward producing a biopic about the hip-hop pioneer. Joey ...
(AllHipHop News) The funeral of legendary Sugarhill Records executive Sylvia Robinson will take place on October 11th in Englewood, New Jersey. Ms. Robinson will be laid to rest at the Community ...