# Wonder Mike
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{{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](/source/Englewood%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
|death_date =
|genre = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
|occupation = Rapper
|years_active = 1972–present
|label = {{hlist|[Kid Rhino](/source/Kid_Rhino)|[Sugar Hill](/source/Sugar_Hill_Records_(rap))}}
|current_member_of = [The Sugarhill Gang](/source/The_Sugarhill_Gang)
|website =
}}
'''Michael Anthony Wright''' (born April 30, 1957), known professionally as '''Wonder Mike''', is an American [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music) [recording artist](/source/recording_artist) and member of [the Sugarhill Gang](/source/the_Sugarhill_Gang). The group was part of the [hip hop movement](/source/hip_hop_movement) in the 1970s and 1980s.[{{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}}]
== Career ==
Wonder Mike is best known for being a member of [the Sugarhill Gang](/source/the_Sugarhill_Gang), the first hip hop act to produce a record, the 1979 single "[Rapper's Delight](/source/Rapper's_Delight)".[{{Cite journal|date=August 17, 1988|title=Is Rap Music Here To Stay?|journal=[Jet](/source/Jet_(magazine))|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|volume=94|issue=12|issn=0021-5996|page=57}}]
As of 2019, Wright and the other members of the Sugarhill Gang continue to perform in '80s nostalgia shows.[{{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}}]
== Personal life ==
Wright is a [born-again Christian](/source/born-again_Christian) who enjoys painting, reading the Bible, sketching and writing poetry.[{{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}}] He has suffered from [asthma](/source/asthma) at times.[{{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](/source/USA_Today) |access-date=January 30, 2014}}] 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}}.