"Rapper's Delight" becomes the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40 - January 5th, 1980

This Day in History Class - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1980, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became the first hip hop song ever to break into the Billboard Top 40.

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