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 ...

Forty-four years ago today, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five accomplished exactly that with the release of “The Message,” a groundbreaking single that forever changed the direction of Hip Hop.

42. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, ‘The Message’ (1982) Squiggly synthesizers and a loping beat anchor the title track of the debut album from the Bronx, New York, sextet. But it’s the ...

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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 ...