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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. By Tim Spalding. About The Group. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five contains 6 members , Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Cowboy, Scorpio and Rahiem .

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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

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  1. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five By Tim Spalding

  2. About The Group • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five contains 6 members , Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Kid Creole, Cowboy, Scorpio and Rahiem. • The group dibanded in 1984 but then later reformed in 1987 but then permanently disbanded in 1989 after ‘Cowboy’ died of his addiction to crack. • They were inducted to the rock and roll hall of fame in 2007 becoming the first hip-hop band/Artist to be inducted. • They were one of the first, and most influential, hip-hop groups. • The Group Formed In South Bronx in New York in 1978

  3. About The Music • They Released their first single titled ‘supperrappin’ in 1979 under Enjoy Records • Their first song under sugarhill records titled ‘Freedom’ enters the R&B charts peaking at number 19 • The Group releases their most famous song ‘The Message’ in 1982 • They Released two albums- The Message- On the Strength • They only started recording music after the success of the Sugarhill Gangs Rappers Delight became so popular, proving that hip-hop could reach mainstream

  4. Impacts/Influences • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five were basically the pioneers of hip-hop influencing many other ‘old school’ rappers and modern day rappers. • They had huge impacts on the world by rapping about things that were happening around them, some songs that display this are The Message and White Lines.

  5. Songs • The Message • Superrappin • White Lines • Freedom

  6. The End

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