Lady Hip Hop Group The Sequence were Hip Hop’s First Southern Group and Coined the Phrase ‘Gangsta Rap’. So why don’t they Get the Respect They Deserve?

By: Jarrod Horton

Staff Writer

The Sequence was a  Hip Hop group out of South Carolina that was signed to the legendary Sugar Hill records in the late seventies and early eighties.  They had a hit record titled “Funk You Up,” which has been sampled by numerous artists such as Ice Cube, Trina, and De La Soul. The song is also believed to be the inspiration behind Bruno Mars’s number-one hit “Uptown Funk.” Despite their contribution to the Hip Hop culture, the three ladies feel like they don’t get the recognition they deserve. “Gangsta rap’ came out of my mouth. Did you know that? says one of the members Cheryl “The Pearl” Cook. “I said, ‘We’re not Con Funk Shun, we’re not the Gap, we’re the Sugar Hill girls with the gangsta rap.”  The three ladies talk about their journey with Rollingstone.com. How they got signed, their music, and how Hip Hop turned their back on them. Click the link and read the interview.

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