Blondie's 'Rapture' reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 28, 1981, becoming the first chart-topping single to feature a rap section. Debbie Harry's rap name-checked hip-hop pioneer Fab Five Freddy and graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The song introduced millions of mainstream pop listeners to hip-hop elements for the first time, bridging the downtown New York art scene with Middle America's radio dials.
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March 28, 1981
A new wave band from CBGB put rap on the pop charts before any rapper could
Blondie's 'Rapture' reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 28, 1981, becoming the first chart-topping single to feature a rap section.
Today In Music: A new wave band from CBGB put rap on the pop charts before any rapper could