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The Sequence
American hip hop group
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The Sequence was an American hip hop group formed in Columbia, South Carolina in 1979, that comprised Angie B., Blondy, and Cheryl the Pearl. The group rose to fame with the single, "Funk You Up" (1979), which was the first rap hit performed by women and one of the first commercially successful hip hop singles. Their debut album, Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence (1980), was released on Sugar Hill Records and was the first hip hop record on vinyl released by an all-female act.
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🇺🇸 Gwendolyn ‘Blondy’ Chisolm, the Sequence Co-Founder, Dead at 66
The rapper and singer-songwriter formed the hip-hip group with Cheryl “The Pearl” Cook and Angie Stone in 1979 and quickly scored a hit with “Funk You...
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