Grandmaster Flash is in awe of how hip-hop went from a genre he and his friends pioneered by walking around with boom boxes to a Grammy-winning genre leading the entire music industry. The 65-year-old ...

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 ...

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

It’s a long way from DJ Kool Herc’s back-to-school party for his sister at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx on August 11, 1973 to a balmy late summer Saturday evening in downtown L.A. Some 50 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

The honorees are being acknowledged for accelerating the growth of the culture. The Recording Industry Association of America will recognize artists, label executives, and policymakers at the RIAA ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Grandmaster Flash, one of the virtuoso creators of hip-hop and leader of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the genre’s first act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash poses in front of a mural at the UB Center for the Arts where he is conducting a series of master ...

Grandmaster Flash and MC Lyte are among those who will be celebrated at the Recording Industry Association of America’s forthcoming event, RIAA Honors: Pioneers of Hip-Hop. The honors will take place ...