(AllHipHop News) Earlier this week, veteran rapper Ice-T revealed the lineup for “The Art of Rap Festival,” which is slated to begin this July in Dallas, Texas.
It seems that fans welcomed everyone on the bill, which includes Public Enemy, Mobb Deep, The Sugarhill Gang, Naughty By Nature, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Melle Mel and Scorpio (from The Furious 5), Ice-T and EPMD, amongst others.
The inclusion of The Sugarhill Gang has raised some concerns from possible concertgoers, thanks to years of imposters using the name as well as legal wrangling over the usage in court.
According to “The Art of Rap Festival” creator Mickey Benston, it is really the original surviving members of the seminal group The Sugarhill Gang: Wonder Mike and Master G.
“This Is the original group called the Sugarhill Gang With Wonder Mike And Master G,” “The Art of Rap” Founder Mick Benston told AllHipHop.com. “R.I.P Big Bank Hank. He is the only member not on stage. He is replaced with HEN DOG. And yes, there once was a group out before using the name. Now come see the group that was on the original recording ‘Rapper’s Delight.’. The real Sugarhill gang.”
Prior to his passing in July of 2015 at the age of 53, Sugarhill Records owner Joey Robinson Jr. had been adopting the name and touring as The Sugarhill Gang, with a revolving cast of characters.
The dispute over “Sugarhill” name was even the subject of the 2011 documentary “I Want My Name Back.”
Because of the past controversy, “The Art of Rap Festival,” Co-Founder Ice-T reassured anyone buying tickets that they would see no less than the first rappers who took Hip-Hop into the mainstream in 1979 with “Rapper’s Delight.”
“I would not have it any other way without the original Sugarhill Gang,” Ice-T told AllHipHop.com. “Wonder Mike And Master Gee with their new edition, Hen Dog.”
“The Art of Rap Festival,” which was created Mickey Bentson of Pay Up Management, is sponsored by SiriusXM and its “Backspin” Hip-Hop channel.
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