The Story Behind “Rapper’s Delight” (feat. Retta) - Drunk History 

thats not it,youre wrong,,i can elaborate if needed

VilifiedVapez please do

It's more based of the sound of a parade/soldiers marching.

It was hip hop long before Sugarhill. Herc and Coke LaRock coined it

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It's a black thing apparently. My ex's dad used to go to the club with us and it was incredibly uncomfortable for me lol.

@@ShaithMaster first time I went clubbing was with my uncle,cousin, sister and his 'secretary'. I was 15 at the time and he even let us drink alcohol for the first time. Only bad part was getting hit on by adult males. We vowed to never spill the beans to my parents. I miss my cool uncle.

Block Party in reality

Moral: Black Women are Amazing.

LOL

Retta is a GODDESS

run that by me again in english

And they are both so hilarious!!!!!!

@@adamnoturfuknbusiness2367 ?? can you not read?

Two icons tbh

Telika Howard this needs to be a pinned comment

Respect her hustle, vision and her genius, but Sylvia Robinson didn't start it all since the rapping clearly existed before she came along. What she did pioneer was rap's commodification, realizing that it could be recorded and sold on a grand scale (not just the occasional neighborhood mixtape) just like any other type of music. Unfortunately though, according to several artists who were on her label, Sugar Hill Records, she and her husband seem to have followed the industry model of shady business practices. A Billboard article a few weeks ago gave more detail if you're interested in a fuller, non-drunk version of the history: billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8533108/sugar-hill-records-sylvia-robinson-hip-hop-godmother

That’s because she did not start at all she was an important figure in it she did not start it grandmaster flowers and several musicians in the 50s as well

She didnt start jack...as you see, these dudes were rapping BEFORE she went to the club.Hip hop is a culture Graf, b boying, popping and breakdancing and emceeing and dee jaying are the 5 elements. They all existed before this money grabbing witch came in the game.

She didn't start a damn thing...if anything she stole it from the kids who wanted to keep it underground, that's why when she approached the actual artists that were throwing these parties, they all said straight up, you can't put this on a record, we aren't interested, so she built the first hip hop boy band and commercialized the sound...all she did was speed up was already going to happen, white kids in Manhattan were going to the Bronx for these underground parties and vice versa, Flash would go do shows in Manhattan and chill with the likes of Blondie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop just to name a few...break music(the original name) and punk music held hands and realized they had a lot in common...they didn't want to be commercialized and lose their souls...there was a connection there that brought 2 totally separate worlds together and it was beautiful...

His name is Brett.

1000% yes!

And Urkel.

Except not annoying, lol!

Except she paid people

@@bethanychatman9531 that man has ruined so many lives lol

@@bethanychatman9531 no she didn't. She ripped off hella artists.

Puff Mommy

Hector Hernandez unfortunately the other half, Harris Wittels, died of an overdose shortly after Parks wrapped the series finale.

RIP Harris Wittel :/ So fucking tragic

Shawn McLaughlin You really had me thinking the real guy died. I forgot his name was harris in the show. Nevermind...

Aldiggty no it was both like office, used real names

@@aldiggty the real guy died

He played Martin Luther King jr. In the first interracial kiss on star trek's drunk history episode

No shit? I missed him. Where was he?

@@Fresh_Biscuits Grandmaster Caz!

2:35

@@adsr3870 lol i dont know how i missed that! Thank you

Came here for this

Jaleel White. He has a name

You all wrong! That's Sonic the Hedgehog!

@@ElPayasoMalo honestly i relate to this lmfaoo i didn't grow up with Family Matters but you know i had that old Sonic SatAM on DVD when i was a kid

Omg he's all grown up! I wouldn't have even noticed it was him.

C. Wildeman i read this with Samuel L Jackson’s voice

Erkle was pissed that it wasn't rap. He was in the back of the room pissed

EXACTLY like uncle Phil

Hell yes haha

Yea, i was looking for this comment lol

Looks like the guy from superstore

Yes

Absolutely!

If you watched The Get Down on Netflix they somewhat address the hate the song got.

The get down is literally this entire part of history, but Sylvia is a bad guy in the show

Matthew in a lot of ways she is the bad guy

That has nothing to do with Rappers Delight and there are female blues artists that pre-date her as far as female guitarists.

#exactly

When a culture gets commercialized

docfabz Exactly what they did with Rock & Roll.

Yes a woman started it them tell you what there want u to know

A Black Woman!

Actually, the story is much more than this and the story is also a lot wrong so keep that in mind that this is a television show a comedy show at that

And folk, blues, jazz, soul, country...

Started the commercialization?

Dude thank you I thought the same thing

I thought so too!! I think it’s the bald Head tho

Finally... God. That's what i couldn't put my finger on

I was thinking that, too.

My first thought, he looks like Uncle Phil!

Veronica Tolbert bruh he do 😂

Man I was staring at the screen thinking he came back to life 😭

I was confused like damn uncle Phil son look just like him twins lol

Yeah racism is weird isnt it

Was? This is still happening

kissit012 in what world is black music overlooked today

kissit012 it was never NOT happening

Carrot Cake the ENTIRE world!

Can I get in the Hot Tub?Yeeoooowwww!

Where was the first place you heard the song?

@@kmariamv I was in the Marines at the time, they would play it at E-clubs. (On base nightclubs)

@kamariamv..I was in the Army. We were on a TDY assignment at West Point. We use to party in this club outside the base. Many years ago, but I still remember it. Good Times.

She was more of a con-woman than an entrepreneur. She did not pay her "black" artists or compensate them properly. She also didn't pay her taxes and went bankrupt in 1985. It took a "man" (Russel Simmons) to come along and do it the "legal" and "right" way before it was done right. Sylvia is not a hero. She was a thug just like her husband.

Uhhh . ... . no. No disrepect intended. That might have been a local hit, but I don't recall it ever being played here in Philly, while "Rapper's Delight" was EVERYWHERE!

@@Skeezer66- both songs were originated in New York City area and 92 WKTU in NYC was the radio station at that time playing both songs, but by a month later Rapper's Delight was all over the place and King Tim the III was practically forgotten.

Yeah that was him. I had to double back. The man is getting his bag! Have you seen him on "Historical Roasts" on Netflix? He was in two roasts,and he killed it!

Agreed

A woman in a mansion, no less!

Yeah, but Hank stole all his stuff from Grandmaster Caz

@@paulwagner688 Too bad Grandmaster C didn't take the opportunity when it was presented.

In Hip Hop Evolution Caz never said he was approached, I don't think.

Hip Hop was started by Kool Herc (a male) in 73. Bam and Flash (Both black males) perfected on it in 75. Sylvia was late to the party (79) and she didn't start anything... the only thing she did was exploit it for her own selfish needs at the expense of both male and female artists which she did not give any publishing to. She also didn't pay her artists & she stole credit for songs she didn't get the rights to and she avoided paying taxes which shut her business down in 1985. Her greed was her own demise. It doesn't surprise me that a "female" was responsible for all the irresponsible things that came along in the business and it took a MAN (Russel Simmons) to come along and pick up where she fell and do it the "RIGHT" way. Russel Simmons is truly the founder of a "Successful" record label which is still running to this day ....unlike Sylvia's label which she took more time avoiding taxes than she did paying her artist.

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Sylvia Robinson was also a rhythm guitarist and vocalist in a Rock And Roll duo, called Mickey And Sylvia, and cut a hit record, "Love Is Strange", way back in 1956. Later, in the '70's, she had another hit called "Pillow Talk". A European band called Lustt covered "Pillow Talk", and that was sampled by Saint Pepsi (aka Skylar Spence, aka Ryan DeRobertis), for his Future Funk track "Private Caller". All of this, and was the Godmother of Hip-Hop.

Long version of Papa was a Rolling Stone comes in at just short of 12 minutes. If you plan it right - A meal, a smoke, a dump, order a round of drinks.

TokyoTraveller also parks and rec and superstore

@@elijahlawrence8010 Ok, I've never seen those shows, but he's a good actor.

TokyoTraveller yes he is!