Sylvia Robinson
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American singer, record producer, and executive (1936–2011)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1946-08-15
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Sylvia Robinson (née Vanterpool; May 29, 1935[ – September 29, 2011) was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive. Robinson was best known for her work as founder and CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.[7] Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the hip hop genre; "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang,[8] and "The Message" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; which caused her to be dubbed "The Mothe
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sylvia
- Family name
- Robbins
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harlem
- Place of death
- Secaucus
- Occupation
- artist and repertoire
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- King
- Image
- Sylvia Robinson at at her desk in her Englewood, NJ office (1982) (cropped).jpg
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- nickname
- The Mother of Hip–Hop
- married name
- Sylvia Robinson
- cause of death
- heart failure
- date of birth
- 1936-03-06
- date of death
- 2011-09-29
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- pseudonym
- Sylvia Robbins
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- birth name
- Sylvia Vanterpool
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Commons category
- Sylvia Robinson
- manner of death
- natural causes
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