Grandmaster Flash has collaborated with a number of guest artists for his first album of new work in two decades. The DJ and producer has teamed up with stars such as Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg ...

On this date in 1958, a man who will forever reform the stance of the turntable was born; Joseph Saddler best known as ...

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 ...

*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 ...

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