Grandmaster Flash

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DJ hip hop DJ person record producer songwriter turntablist

Grandmaster Flash is a pioneering hip-hop DJ and turntablist widely credited with innovating techniques like cutting, backspinning, and scratching that helped define the genre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DJ ⓘ
hip hop DJ ⓘ
person ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
turntablist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grandmaster Flash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph "Grandmaster Flash" Saddler NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Melle Mel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sugar Hill Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Furious Five NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Sugarhill Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName Joseph Saddler NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1958-01-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean ⓘ
genre electro ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
rap ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2007 ⓘ
influenced DJ culture ⓘ
rap music production techniques ⓘ
influencedGenre hip hop ⓘ
turntablism ⓘ
instrument mixer ⓘ
sampler ⓘ
turntables ⓘ
memberOf Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement old-school hip hop ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableEvent first hip hop group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableFor developing backspinning ⓘ
developing cutting ⓘ
developing scratching ⓘ
pioneering hip hop DJ techniques ⓘ
notableWork Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Message NERFINISHED ⓘ
White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation DJ ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bridgetown, Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Buddha Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
Sugar Hill Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Melle Mel → associatedAct → Grandmaster Flash ⓘ
hip hop culture → hasNotablePioneer → Grandmaster Flash ⓘ
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DJ Shadow → influencedBy → Grandmaster Flash ⓘ
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five → memberOf → Grandmaster Flash ⓘ
DJ Hero → notableArtistFeatured → Grandmaster Flash ⓘ