Angus Batey, Mojo Collections, Winter 2001
She took Motown as her blueprint and signed the first all-female rap group. But, as Angus Batey discovers, Sylvia Robinson and the Sugarhill mob spent more time dealing with punch-ups, drugs and guns than actually making music.
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