Artist Name

Grandmaster Flash

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2009 - The Bridge: Concept of a Culture

1999 - Flash Is Back

1987 - Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang

1986 - The Source

1985 - They Said It Couldn't Be Done

1982 - The Message

0 - White Lines & Other Messages

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Popularity

43

Followers
330,394

Origin
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Bronx, NY, USA

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Hip-Hop

Style
Urban/R&B

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Born

1958

Active
1970 to Present...

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Alternate Name
Flash

Most Loved Tracks

	Track	Last.FM Listens	Youtube views	Loves
	White Lines	127,031		4 users
	Scorpio	22,481		3 users

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Artist Biography
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Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing.

He has been credited with the invention of the first crossfader by sourcing parts from a junkyard in the Bronx. It was initially an On/Off toggle switch from an old microphone that he transformed into a left/right switch which allowed him to switch from one turntable to another, thereby avoiding a break in the music.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first hip hop/rap artists to be so honored.