Grandmaster Flash Makes Hip-Hop History
Tuesday January 9, 2007
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Kid Creole, Cowboy, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Mr. Ness, Raheim) have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, becoming the first hip-hop acts to achieve the feat. Grandmaster Flash, a pioneering DJ, led the way in hip-hop's developmental stages with quintessential songs like "White Lines (Don't Do It)" and "The Message." (See our Top 100 Rap Songs.)
Flash was also honored with the "I Am Hip-Hop" icon award at last year's BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is ultra-late with this recognition, but it's a welcome pat on the back nonetheless. Who else should be inducted into the Hall of Fame?Image © Henry Adaso
Comments
I have a long list of artists that deserve to be inducted, with Ra at the top of that list.
Along with Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Caz and the Cold Crush Brothers, Kool Moe Dee and the Treacherous Three, the Fat Boys and KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions!
The SugarHill Gang should have been first! Who doesn’t know Rapper’s Delight!
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Run-DMC & Jam Master Jay, no doubt.
Yeah, Run-DMC and Bambaataa are long overdue for recognition.
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