Sylvia Robinson, who died Thursday morning in a New Jersey hospital, built the very first rap label. She was 75 years old and reportedly suffered congestive heart failure. But after "Love Is ...

Singer, songwriter, and pioneering hip-hop producer Sylvia Robinson died of congestive heart failure yesterday. She was 75. Made famous originally for her performances—including the 1956 hit “ ...

The Sugar Hill Records co-founder died Thursday of congestive heart failure. By Gail Mitchell Sylvia Robinson, who died early today of congestive heart failure at the age of 76, is best known for ...

Sylvia Robinson, who flipped the switch that started turning rap music from a New York street phenomenon into the country’s dominant pop music sound, died Thursday morning at Meadowlands ...

The woman some call the mother of hip-hop has died. Sylvia Robinson, who had a hit as a singer-songwriter with the sexually charged “Pillow Talk” but was later known as one of hip-hop’s ...

Sylvia Robinson (1935-2011) has deservedly been called “the mother of hip-hop” for her efforts in co-founding and running Sugar Hill Records. But even as impressive an honorific as that can ...