Grandmaster Flash

'DISCO'S REVENGE' Gets the Last Laugh

Directed by Omar Majeed and Peter Mishara

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2025

Disco was a dirty word, at least when I was a teenager in the 1990s. It was an exiled musical style from a bygone era, only spoken about to...

Disco Never Dies in the Trailer for 'DISCO'S REVENGE'

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2024

Disco never truly died, but that doesn't mean its early iterations weren't threatened with extinction by the powers that be. As such, 'DISCO...

Alanis Morissette, Jamie xx, Black Pumas Headline Pitchfork Music Festival 2024

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2024

Despite its titular publication being usurped into 'GQ' in January, Pitchfork Music Festival is back at Chicago's Union Park from July 19 to...

Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Charged with Felony Domestic Violence

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2023

Melle Mel, rapper and lead songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was arrested on Monday (July 27) and charged with felony d...

Ted Nugent on His Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Exclusion: "They're All on Dope"

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2021

Ted Nugent has an explanation for why he has yet to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and it's about as stupid as you'd expe...

Duke Bootee — Co-Writer of Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" — Dead at 69

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2021

Duke Bootee — co-writer and rapper on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's early hip-hop classic "The Message" — has passed away. He di...

Grandmaster Flash Loses Vinyl Collection When Valet Gives His Car to Thief

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2015

Grandmaster Flash might be a hip-hop icon, but evidently his parking valet wasn't particularly familiar with his face. This much was proved...

Grandmaster Flash

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2009

Along with DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash is one of the the three founding pioneers of hip-hop culture. His trailblaz...