# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CPvsQbjHWVH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34229233-gettymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-06-05T16:27:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

Who inspired Debbie Harry's "Rapture," the first rap song to top the charts?

Before blondieofficial brought rap to the masses, there was The Funky 4 + 1. The “plus one” was MC Sha-Rock, hip-hop’s first female MC who ruled the male-dominated South Bronx hip-hop scene of the ‘70s.

Sha-Rock, a.k.a. the Mother of the Mic, was a b-girl (or breakdancer) before joining The Funky 4. The group's rotating cast included DJ Breakout, Guy Williams, Keith Keith, K.K. Rockwell, Rodney Stone, djjazzyjeff, and rahiem_grandmaster_furious_5.

The group became so popular that they received a call from Debbie Harry to perform on the Valentine’s Day episode of nbcsnl in 1981, becoming the first hip-hop group to perform on national television in the United States.

As the forebear to contemporary artists like lilkimthequeenbee, nickiminaj, missymisdemeanorelliott, theestallion, and iamcardib, Sha-Rock deserves an important place in music history.

Learn more about her legacy at the #LinkinBio.

All images courtesy of iammcsharock. ✨
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🏷️: #getty #gettyresearchinstitute #hiphop #womeninhiphop #hiphophistory retro_newyork

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