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this is what I had always heard was the first... anyone know of another?

5/11/2008 4:24:56 PM

I thought Rapture by Blondie was considered the first.. Or at least the first commercial rap hit...

5/11/2008 4:25:38 PM

5/11/2008 4:25:45 PM

2 legit 2 quit

5/11/2008 4:26:12 PM

^^^ much later

5/11/2008 4:29:50 PM

wiki say!

Rapture" is a single by Blondie. It was released in January 1981, during the height of the band's success, and became one of the first substantial hit singles to involve rap music, and the first rap-influenced single to reach number one on the US Billboard Chart

5/11/2008 4:33:13 PM