Grandmaster Flash

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Top Songs By Grandmaster Flash

Listen to The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee)Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Listen to White Lines (Don't Do It) [Original Long Version] by Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash, see lyrics, music video & more!

White Lines (Don't Do It) [Original Long Version]Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash

Listen to The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheel of Steel by Grandmaster Flash, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheel of SteelGrandmaster Flash

Listen to White Lines (Don't Do It) [feat. Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five] by Duran Duran, see lyrics, music video & more!

White Lines (Don't Do It) [feat. Melle Mel & Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five]Duran Duran

Listen to Beat Street (12" Single Version) by Grandmaster Flash, see lyrics, music video & more!

Beat Street (12" Single Version)Grandmaster Flash

Listen to The Message (12" Single Version) by Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Message (12" Single Version)Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five

Listen to P.I.M.P. The S.I.M.P. (feat. Grandmaster Flash) by Rick James, see lyrics, music video & more!

P.I.M.P. The S.I.M.P. (feat. Grandmaster Flash)Rick James

Listen to White Lines (Long Version) (Re-Recorded / Remastered) by Grandmaster Flash, see lyrics, music video & more!

White Lines (Long Version) (Re-Recorded / Remastered)Grandmaster Flash

Listen to You Can't Hide / You Can't Hide From Yourself (Touch of Class GMF Remix) by ZAYN / Teddy Pendergrass & Grandmaster Flash, see lyrics, music video & more!

You Can't Hide / You Can't Hide From Yourself (Touch of Class GMF Remix)ZAYN / Teddy Pendergrass & Grandmaster Flash

Listen to Step Off Megamix by Grandmaster Flash, see lyrics, music video & more!

Step Off MegamixGrandmaster Flash

Upcoming Concerts for Grandmaster Flash

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Grandmaster Flash currently has 11 upcoming concerts; the next one is scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2025 at Södra Latins Gymnasium in Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden.

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More albums from Grandmaster Flash

Listen to The Bridge - Concept of a Culture (Bonus Track Version) by Grandmaster Flash

ALBUMThe Bridge - Concept of a Culture (Bonus Track Version)Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash's Popular Music Videos

Sign of the Times

Grandmaster Flash

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Inspired by Grandmaster Flash

He laid two foundational rap pillars—scratch and social critique.

About Grandmaster Flash

Hometown

Bridgetown, Barbados

Born

January 1, 1958

Genre

Hip-Hop/Rap

Artist Links

Official Website

If Grandmaster Flash had only released his most famous single, he would still be one of the most significant figures in hip-hop history. “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel,” pressed by Sugar Hill Records in 1981, is a seven-minute live DJ mix so full of technical virtuosity and inspired synthesis that its rearrangement of early hip-hop and its antecedents in other genres can distract from the fact that it’s the first prominent recording of record scratching. Of course, Flash’s brilliance cannot be contained on one white label. The Bronx native corralled Melle Mel, The Kid Creole, and Cowboy—who coined the term hip-hop—under the name Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Together, they helped codify the genre with 1979’s “Superrappin’” and cut its first truly great piece of sociopolitical commentary with the Melle Mel-led “The Message” in 1982. With the core technical tenets of live and recorded hip-hop and the furthest expanses of its potential for reportage and documentary, nearly all roads lead back to Flash.

Grandmaster Flash has also released music as a member of The Godfathers Of Threatt and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.