Editing Wonder Mike

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{{Short description|American hip hop artist}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2017}}
{{Not notable|Music|date=August 2023}}{{Infobox musical artist
|name            = Wonder Mike
|image           = Wonder Mike (cropped).jpg
|background      = solo_singer
|birth_name      = Michael Anthony Wright
|alias           = 
|birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1957|4|30|mf=y}}
|birth_place     = [[Englewood, New Jersey]], U.S.
|death_date      = 
|origin          = 
|genre           = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
|occupation      = Rapper
|years_active    = 1972–present
|label           = {{hlist|[[Kid Rhino]]|[[Sugar Hill Records (rap)|Sugar Hill]]}}
|current_member_of    = [[The Sugarhill Gang]]
|associated_acts = [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]<br />Ron the Mad Master Mixer<ref name= jump />
|website         = 
}}

'''Michael Anthony Wright''' (born April 30, 1957), known professionally as '''Wonder Mike''', is an American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] [[recording artist]] and member of [[the Sugarhill Gang]]. The group was part of the [[hip hop movement]] in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Simpson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/02/sugarhill-gang-how-we-made-rappers-delight-interview|title=Sugarhill Gang: how we made Rapper's Delight|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=May 2, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=April 4, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

== Career ==
Wonder Mike is best known for being a member of [[the Sugarhill Gang]], the first hip hop act to produce a record, the 1979 single "[[Rapper's Delight]]".<ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 17, 1988|title=Is Rap Music Here To Stay?|journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|volume=94|issue=12|issn=0021-5996|page=57}}</ref>

As of 2019, Wright and other members of the Sugarhill Gang continue to perform in '80s nostalgia shows.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Raesman |first1=Bryan |date=September 27, 2019 |title=The Motels, The Sugarhill Gang & O.G. MTV VJs Unite for NostalgiaCon '80s |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Promethesus Global Media LLC}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Wright is a [[born-again Christian]] who enjoys painting, reading the Bible, sketching and writing poetry.<ref name= jump>{{cite web|title= The Jump Off – Wonder Mike – The First Recorded Emcee |url= http://www.thafoundation.com/wonmike.htm | author= JayQuan| website= thafoundation.com|publisher= JAH Holdings |access-date=April 17, 2015}}</ref> He has suffered from [[asthma]] at times.<ref name= jump />

On July 11, 2013, Wright's daughter Carmen Delgina auditioned for the [[American Idol (season 13)|thirteenth season]] of the American televised singing competition ''[[American Idol]]'' with "[[Tainted Love#Soft Cell version (1981)|Tainted Love]]" by [[Soft Cell]] and was unanimously sent through to the Hollywood round, as shown in the episode that aired on January 29, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|title='American Idol' in Utah: It's another Tiquila sunrise|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/idolchatter/2014/01/29/american-idol-salt-lake-city-recap/5043455/| work= [[USA Today]] |access-date=January 30, 2014}}</ref> However, during the "group round" stage of Hollywood Week, she was eliminated at the end of her group's performance.

He is known for his large stature, standing {{height|ft=6|in=5}}.<ref name="Simpson" />

== References ==
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{{The Sugarhill Gang}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:African-American male rappers]]
[[Category:Rappers from New Jersey]]
[[Category:The Sugarhill Gang members]]
[[Category:21st-century American rappers]]
[[Category:21st-century American male musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century American rappers]]
[[Category:American Christians]]


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