Everywhere is reporting that he's dead at 57/58, but anyone with a slight bit of knowledge would realise this is not correct given when the Sugarhill Gang had their hits. And Wikipedia states the date of birth as 1956, but gives the age as 58.
Yeah, that's weird. He'd have been, what, 15/16 when Rapper's Delight was in the charts? I mean, he looks young on that Soul Train video, but not that young.
Everywhere is reporting that he's dead at 57/58, but anyone with a slight bit of knowledge would realise this is not correct given when the Sugarhill Gang had their hits. And Wikipedia states the date of birth as 1956, but gives the age as 58.
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