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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Alicia Keys, Grandmaster Flash among Black American Music Assn.’s inaugural honorees

Music icons Alicia Keys and Grandmaster Flash soon will be recognized by the Black American Music Assn. for their creativity and contributions to the music world and Black culture. The organization ...
NPR

'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 ...
EURweb

EUR VIDEO THROWBACK: That Time Grandmaster Flash Was Booed and Pelted by the Hometown Crowd

*Today marks a moment in history when hip hop and its anti-establishment cousin, punk rock, came together on the same New York stage in disastrous fashion. In 1981, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious ...
LAist

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

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. This is FRESH AIR. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG ...