In Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix hip-hop saga “The Get Down “ a young Grandmaster Flash (Mamoudou Athie) gives the main characters 24 hours to figure out the key to his quick mix theory. Their only clue? A ...

Rock The Bells Festival 2025 just raised the bar, adding two of the most revered DJs in Hip Hop history to an already powerful lineup that spans decades of the genre’s evolution. Grandmaster Flash, a ...

It seems almost impossible that hip-hop would trace its origin back more than three decades to an engineering student with a penchant for experimenting with vinyl. Yet before he was Grandmaster Flash, ...

NEWARK, N.J., June 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 Rock The Bells Festival, set for Saturday, June 28th at Newark's Prudential Center, just turned up the volume with the addition of two of hip-hop's ...

At the dawn of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash recorded hits like "The Message" and "White Lines (Don't Do it)" with the Furious Five. DJ and Hip-Hop Pioneer Grandmaster Flash: The Fresh Air Interview At ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Westword’s Music Showcase going down this weekend, let’s take a quick look at what the last five hip-hop winners have been up to the last five years: The Pirate Signal (Yonnas and DJ A-What) who ...