Born: Barbados, West Indies, 1958
Genre: Hip-Hop
Biography: DJ Grandmaster Flash and his group the Furious Five were hip-hop's greatest innovators, transcending the genre's party-music ...
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Jun 11 2008 8:30AM
by Tracey Ford
Filed under: Hip-Hop News, Don't Call It a Comeback, Real Talk
The Boombox Music Blog: "This whole book was scary for me," Grandmaster Flash admits when discussing his new tell-all book in a recent interview. "We as human beings, we don't willingly display our skeletons, our pains, our hurts -- not the deep, deep, deep ones." The... Read moreJun 09 2008 11:00AM
by David Chiu
Filed under: News, Exclusive, Book Club
Spinner.com: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are without question the forefathers of hip-hop music. Best known for songs such as 'The Message' and 'Freedom' from the early '80s, the group brought hip hop music from the New York clubs to a wider stage. In...Read more
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