Emerging from the South Bronx in the early 1970s, Grandmaster Flash is inarguably one of Hip Hop’s original innovators. In the earliest days of the genre, he manipulated music by placing his fingers on the vinyl, perfected beat looping, and discovered many of the most iconic beats still commonly sampled today. It’s no surprise that The New York Times calls him Hip Hop’s first virtuoso.
Today, he’s the voice of an entire generation of 1970s hip hop pioneers. From his electric live shows, to his production role on Netflix’ The Get Down, Grandmaster Flash is at once a historian, a storyteller, and a cultural force.
White Lines
The Message
The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
Beat Street
You can't Hide / You can't Hide From Yourself
Hip-hop innovator
Worldclass DJ
Community Activist
Barbadian-American DJ, rapper, producer.
Invented the slipmat for smoother DJing.
Founded Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
First rap group inducted into Rock Hall.
First hip hop artist honored with Polar Music Prize.
Honorary doctorate from Buffalo State University, May 21, 2022.
Honorary doctorate in music from Lehman College, June 1, 2023.
August 4 proclaimed Grandmaster Flash Day in New York.
Created techniques like backspin and punch phrasing.
Perfected record scratching and introduced new DJ techniques.
Collaborated with Kurtis Blow and Lovebug Starski.
Formed Grandmaster Flash & the 3 MCs.
Cowboy coined the term "hip hop."
"The Message" featured grim narrative about inner city life.
"The Message" added to National Recording Registry, 2002.
Interviewed in 1986 documentary Big Fun in the Big Town.
Hosted Sirius Satellite Radio show Friday Night Fire.
Received BET "I Am Hip Hop Icon" award, 2006.
Appears in video game DJ Hero as playable character.
Featured in Netflix series The Get Down, 2016.
Competed on The Masked Singer as "Polar Bear," 2023.
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