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according to the documentary hhe underground to the mainstream, big bank hank of the sugar hill gang was accused of violating a major rule that was was the essence of hip hop.. what was big bank hank’s transgression?
in the song rapper’s delight, big bank hank claimed he had a lincoln continental car and a sunroof cadillac car. in reality hank owned a beat up chevy nova. he never had the fancy cars he rapped about.... when fans found out about this, they accused hank of lying and not keeping it real. when sugar hill gang performed at shows fans would boo hank until the record company went out and rented him a cadillac deville with a sun roof. hank would bring it to shows and allow fans to take pictures with him so he could prove he was really being truthful in his song.
big bank hank was accused of dissing one of the major gangs that still ran in the bronx. they were the casanova crew. in the song rapper’s delight, hank name checks the head of the casanova crew by spelling out his name in what was seen as a way to get street cred. the casanova’s were very upset and for a good year and half, sugar hill gang could not perform in new york city until the conflict was smoothed over..
big bank hank was accused of stealing the rhymes of grandmaster caz and recording them on rapper’s delight without giving credit. what made this troublesome was the fact that grandmaster caz was very popular and
Based on the documentary Hip-Hop Evolution: Underground to the Mainstream, Big Bank Hank's key transgression was stealing rhymes from Grandmaster Caz for "Rapper's Delight" without attribution, violating hip hop's core value of crediting creators.
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