From 12pm ET to 12am ET on Sunday (January 1), Hip Hop fans can hear personal stories from Flash as well as exclusive mixes from DJ Jazzy Jeff, Mannie Fresh, Pete Rock and, of course, Mix Master Mike.

United Kingdom based blog Grime and Lime has been doing God's work by finding, ripping and posting classic mixtapes from a time when tapes were sold hand-to-hand in bodegas and on downtown street ...

Hop’s early days in his 2026 memoir *Birth of a Culture*, shifting focus from personal trauma to cultural storytelling.

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 ...

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 ...

Grandmaster Flash wants you to lose your cool. No sense in fighting it; odds are you won't win. Credited with being one of the founding fathers of hip-hop and the first person to use the turntable as ...

This gives a whole new meaning to “The Message.” Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash has been getting a lot of sweet messages from other people’s grandparents on Facebook thanks to some hilarious ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the music industry. Grandmaster Flash is one of the most important figures in hip-hop. He began his career in the ...