"Rapper`s Delight" is a 1979 single by American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang; it was one of the first hip hop hit singles. It ranked #248 in the List of Rolling Stone`s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. While it is neither the first hip hop single nor the first successful single of the genre, "Rapper`s Delight" is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip hop in the United States and around the world.
