Big Bank Hank

 Henry Lee Jackson, also known by his stage name Big Bank Hank or Imp the Dimp, was an American rapper and music manager. He was born on January 11, 1956, in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in the same area as other early rap performers, including DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock. Jackson won several wrestling championships at Bronx Community College, where he graduated with an A.S. degree in oceanography. However, he was unable to secure a position in that field, so he began working at a Bronx nightclub called The Sparkle.

While working at The Sparkle, Jackson became a music manager for Grandmaster Caz and his group The Mighty Force MC's. Later, he was brought on to manage the local hip hop group the Cold Crush Brothers, which included Grandmaster Caz. During this time, Sylvia Robinson, who had discovered the new hip-hop trend through her son, heard Jackson rapping some of the Cold Crush Brothers' rhymes at a pizzeria he was managing in Englewood, New Jersey. Robinson asked Jackson to join the group she was forming, and he became a member of The Sugarhill Gang, which released the first hip hop hit to cross over to the pop charts in 1979 with "Rapper's Delight."

Big Bank Hank contributed to many documentaries on the rap music industry and was known for his boisterous personality. He died at the age of 58 on November 11, 2014, at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, from cancer. Jackson's verse from "Rapper's Delight" was later found to have allegedly plagiarized rhymes written by Grandmaster Caz.