Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash is an American hip hop recording artist and DJ who is the frontma for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The group was the first hip hop/rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

"The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" was released in 1981 and is a 7-minute solo of Grandmaster Flash's turntable skills, combining elements of Blondie's "Rapture", Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache," Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," Chic's "Good Times," and the group's own "Freedom."

The group's song "The Message" featured a grim narrative about inner city violence, drugs, and poverty. However, only Melle Mel appear in the song which would lead to a rift between Melle Mel and Grandmaster Flash and the group disbanded. Grandmaster Flash, Kid Creole, and Rahiem left and continued on as simply "Grandmaster Flash", while Melle Mel and the others continued on as "Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Furious Five".

Music Videos

 * 1, 2, 3... Rhymes Galore (with DJ Tomekk)
 * White Lines (Don't Do It) (with Duran Duran)