Life of Sugar Hill Records Founder Sylvia Robinson Being Made Into A Movie

The life of the woman affectionately known as the mother of hip-hop is coming to the big screen.

According to Billboard, a biopic based on the life and times of Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson is in the works.

The magazine's site reports Paula Wagner has acquired the film rights to the life story of the singer. It has been reported that Sylvia's son Joey Robinson, will executive produce and consult on the project.

The film will highlight Robinson's life as a singer and owner of Sugar Hill Records. In 1979, the label had the first rap hit with "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang.

Melle Mel, lead rapper of the group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, will consult Robinson and music executive Robert Kraft will co-produce the film.

Robinson's biopic will feature music owned by Sylvia Robinson's family and administered by Universal Music Publishing Group. It has also been reported that rights to her life story were acquired directly from her family.

In the 1950s, Robinson, born Sylvia Vanderpool, performed as a blues singer and recorded as Little Sylvia for Columbia and Savoy Records. She was also half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia, who hit No. 11 on the Hot 100 in 1957 with "Love Is Strange."

She kicked off a solo career in 1973 and shot to No. 3 on the charts with "Pillow Talk" on the Vibration label owned by her husband, Joe Robinson. The label later became Sugar Hill.

The label went on to release landmark records by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, Spoonie Gee and Melle Mel. Sugar Hill's many hits included "The Message," "White Lines" and "Scorpio."

Sadly, Sylvia Robinson won't get to see her on-screen adaptation come to fruition. Robinson died in 2011 at the age of 75.

Stay tuned for more updates.