Sylvia Robinson

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businessperson human music executive record producer singer songwriter

Sylvia Robinson was an American singer, record producer, and music executive often called the "Mother of Hip-Hop" for her pivotal role in bringing rap music into the mainstream.

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Sylvia Robinson canonical 27

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2011 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sylvia ⓘ
surface form: Little Sylvia

Mother of Hip-Hop ⓘ
Sylvia Vanderpool ⓘ
Sylvia Vanderpool ⓘ
surface form: Sylvia Vanterpool
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure ⓘ
coFounderOf Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
collaboratedWith Mickey Baker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-05-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-09-29 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Robinson ⓘ
foundedInLocation Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Sylvia ⓘ
hasChild Joseph Robinson Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Robinson Jr.

Leland Robinson ⓘ
Rhondo Robinson ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
memberOf Mickey & Sylvia ⓘ
notableFor bringing rap music into the mainstream ⓘ
producing early commercial hip hop records ⓘ
notableWork Love Is Strange ⓘ
Pillow Talk ⓘ
Rapper's Delight ⓘ
The Message ⓘ
occupation music executive ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Secaucus, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Secaucus, New Jersey, United States
producedFor Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ
The Sugarhill Gang ⓘ
recordLabel All Platinum Records ⓘ
Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
recordLabelFounded Sugar Hill Records ⓘ
residence Englewood, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Joseph Robinson Sr. ⓘ

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Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down → lyricist → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down → composer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Imamu Amiri Baraka → spouse → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Mother of Hip-Hop → refersTo → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Love Is Strange → vocalist → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Love Is Strange → composer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Love Is Strange → lyricist → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Rapper's Delight → producer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Rapper's Delight → writer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
The Message → producer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
The Message → writer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Sugar Hill Records → foundedBy → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Sugar Hill Records → associatedWith → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Mickey & Sylvia → member → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Mickey & Sylvia → hasPart → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Mickey Baker → notableBandmate → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Joseph Robinson Sr. → coFoundedWith → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Joseph Robinson Sr. → spouse → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Rhondo Robinson → childOf → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Rhondo Robinson → hasMother → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
All Platinum Records → foundedBy → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
All Platinum Records → ownedBy → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
All Platinum Records → coFounder → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
All Platinum Records → notableExecutive → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Empire State of Mind → writer → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Leland Robinson → parent → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
Sylvia Vanderpool → alsoKnownAs → Sylvia Robinson ⓘ