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Thread started 11/11/14 8:23am

Graycap23

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Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank died today.

R.I.P.

Big Bank Hank

Dies at 57

45 minutes ago BY TMZ STAFF
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1111-arrow-big-bank-hank-gettyBig Bank Hank -- the Sugarhill Gang rapper best know as "the grandmaster with 3 MCs that shock the house for the young ladies" -- died early Tuesday morning ... TMZ has learned.

Hank -- born Henry Jackson -- had been suffering from cancer. We're told he passed away in the greater NYC area around 2 AM. Hank was one third of the famous Sugarhill Gang ... which had the first mainstream rap hit "Rappers Delight" in 1979.

His group mates Wonder Mike and Master Gee told TMZ ... "So sad to hear of our brother's passing. Rest in peace Big Bank."

Hank was 57 years old.



Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/1...z3ImHYiVOr

[Edited 11/11/14 8:23am]

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #1 posted 11/11/14 8:51am

CoolMF


By the way, neither of the guys in the picture are Wonder Mike and/or Master Gee. In fact, the one with the slick hair and pony tail is Sylvia Robinson’s son, the one who inherited the trademarks to all of the Sugar Hill catalogue and royalties.

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Reply #2 posted 11/11/14 8:58am

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CoolMF said:


By the way, neither of the guys in the picture are Wonder Mike and/or Master Gee. In fact, the one with the slick hair and pony tail is Sylvia Robinson’s son, the one who inherited the trademarks to all of the Sugar Hill catalogue and royalties.

I had forgotten about the drama surrounding that.

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Reply #3 posted 11/11/14 9:27am

JoeBala

RIP Big Hank. There is a great documentary on Netflix about it called I Want My Name Back.

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Reply #4 posted 11/11/14 10:10am

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sad RIP

I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart.
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Reply #5 posted 11/11/14 12:19pm

CoolMF

JoeBala said:

RIP Big Hank. There is a great documentary on Netflix about it called I Want My Name Back.

Wonder Mike and Master Gee say some bad about Hank in that documentary. Very meanspirited that reflects alot of bitterness.

I'm sure they feel bad about it today.

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Reply #6 posted 11/11/14 12:25pm

CoolMF

"See it's up my back/all around my neck/

WOO-HAH! I GOT THEM ALL IN CHECK!"

Yes, you can thank Big Bank Hank for that one...

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Reply #7 posted 11/11/14 12:55pm

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Reply #8 posted 11/11/14 2:39pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #9 posted 11/11/14 7:17pm

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This was the jam, back in the day. Wow sad rose
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Reply #10 posted 11/11/14 7:38pm

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Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #11 posted 11/11/14 7:57pm

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sad
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Reply #12 posted 11/11/14 10:32pm

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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture!
REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince
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Reply #13 posted 11/12/14 5:07pm

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CoolMF said:

"See it's up my back/all around my neck/

WOO-HAH! I GOT THEM ALL IN CHECK!"

Yes, you can thank Big Bank Hank for that one...

exactly, Busta - cut the cheque cool

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Reply #14 posted 11/12/14 7:40pm

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another star shines down from heaven rose a generation shifter who will be missed.
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Reply #15 posted 12/14/14 11:39am

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Nov. 2014 Grandmaster Caz interview about Hank & Wild Style 9:55 - 34:05


You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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