Sylvia Vanderpool

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businessperson human music executive record producer singer songwriter

Sylvia Vanderpool, better known as Sylvia Robinson, was an American singer, record producer, and music executive often called the "Mother of Hip-Hop" for her pioneering role in bringing rap music to the mainstream.

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Sylvia Vanderpool canonical 1
Sylvia Vanterpool 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2011 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Little Sylvia ⓘ
Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Sylvia Vanterpool ONNED1 ⓘ
associatedAct Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ
Mickey Baker ⓘ
The Sugarhill Gang ⓘ
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure ⓘ
coFounded Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-05-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-09-29 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
rap music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
knownFor pioneering role in bringing rap music to the mainstream ⓘ
memberOf Mickey & Sylvia ⓘ
notableAlias Mother of Hip-Hop ⓘ
notableEvent produced one of the first commercially successful rap records, "Rapper's Delight" ⓘ
produced socially conscious hip hop track "The Message" ⓘ
notableWork Love Is Strange ⓘ
Pillow Talk ⓘ
Rapper's Delight ⓘ
The Message ⓘ
occupation music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performerName Sylvia ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
positionHeld co-owner of Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
producer at Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
recordLabel Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
Vibration Records ⓘ
residence Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Joseph Robinson Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Robinson

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Sylvia Robinson → alsoKnownAs → Sylvia Vanderpool ⓘ
Sylvia Robinson → alsoKnownAs → Sylvia Vanderpool ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sylvia Vanterpool