Grandmaster Flash Pens New Memoir ‘Birth of a Culture’ for Next Year

One of hip-hop's founding fathers will reminisce about his career, from Bronx block parties to the world stage, in new book ...
The Durango Herald

Grandmaster Flash on ‘The Get Down’ and how he used science to pioneer DJ techniques

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 ...
Uproxx

Grandmaster Flash Was The Voice Behind The ‘Polar Bear’ Character In His Reveal On ‘The Masked Singer’

During this week’s episode of The Masked Singer, viewers were shocked to find out that the person behind the Polar Bear costume was none other than Grandmaster Flash. “In the world today, there’s a ...
abc7NY

Grandmaster Flash talks about the origins of hip-hop this Black History Month

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hip-hop transcends far beyond the music. "One person did not create this culture. It's three. Herc, Bam, and myself," said Grandmaster Flash, the founding father of Hip-hop. Joseph ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

Conceiving culture: Grandmaster Flash on quick mix theory, 50 years of hip-hop, and making something out of nothing

The handwriting projected onto the large screen in Roone Arledge Auditorium read “4BF = 6CCR = Full Loop Extraction,” or “Four bars forward is equal to six counterclockwise revolutions, equals full ...
WUNC

'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: Grandmaster Flash

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 ...