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• The Sequence

• West Street Mob

• Sunrize

• Scruggs, Ronnie

  Ronnie Scruggs was one of the key figures linking Englewood’s rich musical tradition to the rise of New Jack Swing. Born in 1947, Scruggs first gained recognition as a member of the soul-rock group the Deltas, which won the famed Apollo Amateur Night competition in 1970, just…

• Bennett Studios

• Sugar Hill Recording Studio

• Real Live Larry-O and K-Def
  Larry Wright and Kevin Hansford

  Real Live was a New Jersey hip-hop duo consisting of rapper Larry-O (Larry Wright) and producer/DJ K-Def (Kevin Hansford). Hailing from New Jersey, the cousins began collaborating in the late 1980s after meeting at a house party where K-Def was DJing. Impressed by Larry-O's…

• Overton, Nancy

  Nancy Overton (1926–2009) was an American singer best known as a member of the popular 1950s vocal group The Chordettes, whose hits included “Lollipop” and “Mr. Sandman.” Born Anne Swain in Port Washington, New York, she joined The Chordettes in 1958, the same year “Lollipop”…

• Phase 2

  Master Gee's crew before Sugar Hill

• Sound on Sound

  Wonder Mike's crew before Sugar Hill