Engineered by Delano “Rock” McLaurin and released on March 25, 1979,[1] this song is often cited[2] as the beginning of recorded hip hop music.

A few months later, "Rapper's Delight" came out, which is widely regarded as the first commercially released hip hop song.

Jerry asks him what he want him to do and Curtis says "I don't know... let's do a rap man!"

Curtis recalls, "One of the roaders is in the studio with us... Avery, and he said "Hey man, I got a buddy who lives up there in the projects, he's a great rapper.

and he brought in Timothy Washington and I had to track him down 8 hours in Venice and everything.