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  1. The Sugarhill Gang. Henry Lee Jackson (January 11, 1956 – November 11, 2014), known by his stage name Big Bank Hank, was an American hip hop recording artist and manager. Also known as Imp the Dimp, he was a member of the trio The Sugarhill Gang, the first hip hop act to have a hit, with the cross-over single "Rapper's Delight" in the pop ...

  2. Nov 11, 2014 · Rapper Henry Jackson, best known as Big Bank Hank from early hip-hop group the Sugarhill Gang, died on Nov. 11 in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 57. Jackson’s death was first reported by...

  3. Nov. 11, 2014 7:35 PM PT. Henry Lee Jackson, one of the founders of the pioneering New Jersey rap trio Sugarhill Gang whose 1979 single “Rapper’s Delight” proved that hip-hop could have...

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  5. Nov 11, 2014 · Hank, born Henry Jackson, was best known as the splashiest and most colorful voice on 1979’s “Rapper’s Delight,” the runaway 12-inch that served as rap’s musical ambassador and the ...

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  6. Nov 11, 2014 · Henry "Big Bank Hank" Jackson, a member of the hip-hop group the Sugarhill Gang, died November 11 of complications from cancer. He was 55.

  7. Nov 11, 2014 · The Sugarhill Gang are known for their influential 1979 hit “Rapper’s Delight” that is widely regarded as one of the first rap songs. TMZ was the first to report the news of Jackson's death. The rap world lost one of it's founding members today as the Sugarhill Gang's Big Bank Hank aka Henry Jackson died at 57.

  8. Nov 12, 2014 · By Jon Caramanica. Nov. 11, 2014. Big Bank Hank, one-third of the Sugarhill Gang, the unlikely ambassadors who took hip-hop out of Bronx parks and onto the pop charts, died on Tuesday in...

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