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The Bronx-raised DJ, rapper, and producer founded Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, one of rap’s most important groups, and he’s renowned for his Quick Mix technique, where he’d put his ...

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 ...

Inspired by a new book tracing four pivotal years in the city’s history, hear a playlist of songs from the dawn of hip-hop that were swirling at the time. By Jonathan Mahler Hear songs from Lucy Sante ...

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 ...

As the latest of several recent performances and shows honoring hip-hop’s 50-year anniversary in 2023, MTV’s Video Music Awards welcomed many of the genre’s finest figures to the stage on Tuesday ...

Kidd Creole will be sentenced on May 4 and faces 25 years behind bars for the stabbing of a homeless man more than four years ago. Kidd Creole was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter for ...

Rap pioneer Kidd Creole, a founding member of the legendary hip hop group Grand Masterflash and the Furious Five, is facing murder charges in New York. Nathaniel Glover, 57, was arrested Wednesday ...

Hip-hop heads are in disbelief that music icon Grandmaster Flash is coming to Delaware next month to deliver a lecture and a turntable demonstration. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will deliver a free, ...

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