Legendary music executive Sylvia Robinson “The Mother Of Hip-Hop” passed away today due to congestive heart failure. Sylvia Robinson founded and was CEO of Sugar Hill Records. She is responsible for the hip-hop group “The Sugar Hill Gang,” and their song “Rapper’s Delight” the first hip-hop song released. She then followed up with Grandmaster Flash’s classic song “The Message”. Hip-Hop lost one of the greats today. Marisa Mendez and #IFWT