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| Sugar Hill Records | |
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| Parent company | Warner Music Group (Americas and Japan) BMG Rights Management (rest of world) |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | Joe Robinson Sylvia Robinson Milton Malden |
| Defunct | 1986 |
| Distributor(s) | Rhino Entertainment (in Americas and Japan) Universal Music Group (in the rest of world in physical) BMG Rights Management (in the rest of world in digital) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Englewood, New Jersey |
Sugar Hill Records was an American record label specializing in hip hop music that was founded in 1979 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with Milton Malden and funding from Tony Riviera and Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records.[1][2]
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "The Sugar Hill Records Story - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ "Record Industry Probe Examines Small N.J. Firm : East, West Coast Grand Juries Looking Into Sugar Hill Label". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2015.