Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grandmaster Flash is in awe of how hip-hop went from a genre he and his friends pioneered by walking around with boom boxes to a ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Hip-hop transcends far beyond the music. "One person did not create this culture. It's three. Herc, Bam, and myself," said Grandmaster Flash, the founding father of Hip-hop. Joseph ...

One of the culture’s most preeminent pioneers was celebrated in his hometown this week. Grandmaster Flash has received an honorary degree from Lehman College. As per HipHopDX, the Rock & Roll Hall Of ...

Music icons Alicia Keys and Grandmaster Flash soon will be recognized by the Black American Music Association for their creativity and contributions to the music world and Black culture. The ...

Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Suzanne de Passe are also set for awards at this inaugural celebration of Black American music next month in Atlanta. The Black American Music Association announced on ...

BAMA is launching "the ICE Medal of Honor to prominently recognize and honor" Black American music, co-founder Michael Mauldin tells PEOPLE Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Grandmaster Flash, one of the virtuoso creators of hip-hop and leader of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the genre’s first act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

The Black American Music Association is honoring several music legends including Alicia Keys, Grandmaster Flash and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis next month at the inaugural ICE Medal of Honor at ...

At first, there was no message. Rap was all bluff and bluster. Party stuff, straight up. Hip hop, you don't stop. Throw your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care. Somebody scream.

Also planned are a Trombone Shorty performance and DJ sets from CeeLo Green and Grandmaster Flash.

Music icons Alicia Keys and Grandmaster Flash soon will be recognized by the Black American Music Assn. for their creativity and contributions to the music world and Black culture. The organization ...