Acknowledged as a defining moment in hip hop history this combination has paved the way for whole generations of hip hop heads, MCs, rappers and DJs worldwide ever since. Ness), Rahiem and Melle Mel's brother Kid Creole - eventually settling on the name Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. These early rappers included Melle Mel, Cowboy, Scorpio (Mr. Flash took his new style to the block parties in the mid 70s and after early failures he added several MCs to hype the crowd. This was later referred to as 'cutting the break'. He took DJ Kool Herc's "merry go round" technique (which consisted of taking the break off of a record and looping it) and then added Grand Wizard Theodore's scratch technique and merged both styles into each other. Flash was influenced by the block parties and their DJs in his Bronx neighborhood. Born on January 1, 1958, in Barbados, West Indies, he moved with his family to New York City in the early 1960s. DJ / producer of Barbadian origin most famous for his role in DJ & hiphop history, and for fronting Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five who became the first hip hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, in 2007.
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