Sylvia Robinson dies

The woman some call the mother of hip-hop has died. Sylvia Robinson, who had a hit as a singer-songwriter with the sexually charged "Pillow Talk" but was later known as one of hip-hop's early founders for releasing "Rapper's Delight," rap's first mainstream success, died Thursday, according to publicist Greg Walker.

Robinson, born Sylvia Vanterpool, died of congestive heart failure at the New