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Big Bank Hank ici au centre
Rapper's Delight
The Lover In You
Apache (Jump On It)
Le texte de l'annonce de son décès sur la page officielle de Sugarhill Gang :
With a heavy heart that we announce that our brother Big Bank Hank passed today at the very early age of 57 years young. We will never forget the joy he brought to so many lives especially the lives of the people in the hip-hop, rap, and R&B community.
Hank was born in the Bronx, New York City. He graduated from Bronx Community College with an A.S. degree in oceanography. While attending college, he won several championships in wrestling. After graduating from college, Hank found it very hard to attain a position in oceanography, so he worked at a pizzeria. He did his job so well that when the owner of the shop expanded his business to Englewood, New Jersey, he brought Hank over to head the Crispy Crust store. While managing for a local hip hop group, the Cold Crush Brothers, Hank was discovered by Sylvia Robinson. She was out trying to find an act for the new trend she had discovered hip hop through her son, and she heard Hank rapping some of the Cold Crush Brothers' rhymes. When Sylvia asked him to join the group she was forming, Hank went to Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers for rhymes. Caz gladly gave him his notebook, hoping to eventually get something in return. Hank was 22 years old at the time when the Sugarhill Gang's self-titled album was released.
R.I.P. Big Bank Hank 5 Août 1957 - 11 Novembre 2014
