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Article: Grandmaster Flash
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Grandmaster Flash
Rap DJ
Pioneered Scratching
First Single Caught Sugarhill
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s Attention
Royalty Dispute Led to Split
Selected discography
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Grandmaster Flash was one of the founding fathers and a true innovator of hip-hop music. Dubbed
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the [conductor Arturo] Toscanini of the turntables,
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he pioneered the art of deejaying in the 1970s by inventing many of the scratch-mixing techniques that later became the backbone of hip-hop and rap songs. His group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was one of the first rap acts to break out of the local New York rap scene and become an international success. Their groundbreaking musical and lyrical styles laid down ...
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Article: Rock's Hall taps Grandmaster Flash, Furious Five
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
March 11, 2007 ;
700+ words
... ... Rock's Hall taps Grandmaster Flash, Furious Five ... All Editions Ask Grandmaster Flash about hip-hop stars ... a pair of fellow New York City performers ... The arrival of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ...
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