January 5, 1980 –
The Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, was the first hip-hop song to made it to the Top 40 on this date.
This was the first rap song to enter the US Hot 100. Rap music had been around for about seven years, but it was usually heard at block parties and discos where DJs would loop breakbeats and MCs would add live vocals. Outside of the Bronx, rap was generally considered a fad, and record companies had no interest in financing it.
The Haus of Dcaligari 