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TIL that "Rapture," by the pop/rock group Blondie, is the first single with rap vocals to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The video, with cameos by rap pioneer Fab Five Freddy and graffiti artists Lee Quiñones and Jean-Michel Basquiat, is considered the first rap video broadcast on MTV.

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