Question

based upon the documentary hip hop evolution: the underground to the mainstream which of the following statements are true?

• sylvia robinson is the person who created the group sugar hill gang and put out what many say is hip hops first rap record, called rapper’s delight. sylvia was not a rapper or initially into hip hop, but instead, she was a veteran in the music business who got her start as a teenage singing sensation named little sylvia...
• sylvia robinson at the encouragement of her future husband joey robinson teamed up with her music teacher mickey baker to form a group called mickey & sylvia. the pair put out a hit record called love is strange. she later went solo and put out a hit record called pillow talk.
• sylvia robinson started out in the music business as a drummer. she was attracted to early hip hop because the deejays would use the percussion breakdown of old funk and soul records to rap over. because of her love for breakbeats, she sought to start her own rap group where she could have them rap over her own drum beats. the group she put together was the sugar hill gang. initially, sylvia was going to be more public about being a member of the group but she felt her being an older woman would distract the young audience they were attempting to reach...

Explanation:

1. The first statement is true: Sylvia Robinson created the Sugar Hill Gang and released Rapper's Delight, widely considered hip hop's first rap record, and she began her career as the teenage singing act Little Sylvia, not initially a rapper or focused on hip hop.
2. The second statement is true: She formed Mickey & Sylvia with Mickey Baker (with her future husband Joey Robinson's encouragement), had a hit with Love is Strange, and later had a solo hit with Pillow Talk.
3. The third statement is false: Sylvia Robinson started as a singer (Little Sylvia), not a drummer, and her motivation for creating the Sugar Hill Gang was not centered on her own drum beats.

Answer:

• True: Sylvia Robinson is the person who created the group Sugar Hill Gang and put out what many say is Hip Hop's first rap record, called Rapper's Delight. Sylvia was not a rapper or initially into Hip Hop, but instead, she was a veteran in the music business who got her start as a teenage singing sensation named Little Sylvia...
• True: Sylvia Robinson at the encouragement of her future husband Joey Robinson teamed up with her music teacher Mickey Baker to form a group called Mickey & Sylvia. The pair put out a hit record called Love is Strange. She later went solo and put out a hit record called Pillow Talk.
• False: Sylvia Robinson started out in the music business as a drummer. She was attracted to early Hip Hop because the deejays would use the percussion breakdown of old funk and soul records to rap over. Because of her love for breakbeats, she sought to start her own rap group where she could have them rap over her own drum beats. The group she put together was the Sugar Hill Gang. Initially, Sylvia was going to be more public about being a member of the group but she felt her being an older woman would distract the young audience they were attempting to reach...