GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE: Ladies and gentlemen, it's now the time for the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five MCs. (Rapping) We're coming. We're coming. We're coming. We're coming. We ...

On this date in 1958, a man who will forever reform the stance of the turntable was born; Joseph Saddler best known as ...

It’s a long way from DJ Kool Herc’s back-to-school party for his sister at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx on August 11, 1973 to a balmy late summer Saturday evening in downtown L.A. Some 50 years ...

Grandmaster Flash was one of the first DJs to make successful records. In 2002, he spoke to Fresh Air about how he discovered that he could use... 'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: ...

On this date in 1958, a man who will forever reform the stance of the turntable was born; Joseph Saddler, best known as Grandmaster Flash. Amidst the infancy of hip-hop culture, Grandmaster Flash ...

MOSLEY: While DJ Kool Herc is often credited as the father of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash was one of the first DJs to make successful rap records and become a pioneer in the genre. In the '70s, he ...

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