Remembering Sylvia Robinson (Wednesday, May 29, 1935 – Thursday, September 29, 2011) Lineage, Origins, and Formation: Harlem-born Black American artist, songwriter, producer, label founder, and record executive of documented Virgin Islands paternal descent Born Sylvia Vanterpool in Harlem, New York, Robinson first made history as part of Mickey & Sylvia with “Love Is Strange,” then returned as a solo force with “Pillow Talk,” a No. 1 R&B hit that proved she was already a serious performer, writer, and producer before her contribution to Hip-Hop became her most famous chapter. Her largest impact came through Sugar Hill Records, which she co-founded with Joe Robinson. Through The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message,” Robinson helped move Rap from live party culture into commercial recording history. Both records are now preserved by the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. Her legacy also carries real controversy. “Rapper’s Delight” has long been criticized for Big Bank Hank’s use of Grandmaster Caz’s rhymes without proper credit, and early pressings also failed to properly credit Chic’s “Good Times” before Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards secured songwriting credit. Sugar Hill Records helped open the recording-industry door for Rap, however the Sugar Hill story also captures how much the music business has changed since Hip-Hop first entered the recording industry. On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Sylvia Robinson transitioned, in Secaucus, New Jersey, from congestive heart failure. She is survived by three sons and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In 2022, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame through the Ahmet Ertegun Award. Her legacy is complicated, but undeniable, she did not invent Hip-Hop, but she helped build one of the first bridges between Hip-Hop culture and the global recording industry. Photo: Sylvia Robinson in 1983 (Michael Ochs Archives)

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