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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grandmaster Flash, one of the pioneering DJs of hip-hop music culture, is working on his eighth studio album nearly three decades after the release of his influential record ...

Music icons Alicia Keys and Grandmaster Flash soon will be recognized by the Black American Music Association for their creativity and contributions to the music world and Black culture. The ...

Keith LeBlanc, the multi-talented drummer/producer who helped shape the sound of early hip-hop with his playing on albums by the Sugar Hill Gang and Grandmaster Flash has died at 69. LeBlanc’s death ...

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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 ...