Grandmaster Flash To Be Honored By The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

From Complex (hat tip Gawker)

Hip Hop pioneers Grandmaster Flash and the legendary Furious Five are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame making them the first rap group to be honored. The early innovators of Hip Hop will be acknowledged on March 12 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC. Flash is credited for the creating the process of blending two break-beats together and thereby creating one of the fundamental formulas for Hip Hop music. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five made countless records but are world renowned for classics such as ‚”White Lines” (video above directed by Spike Lee and starring a very young Lawrence Fishburne) and ‚”The Message.” We posted some more memorable Flash videos after the jump including his landmark skills in cult movie ‚”Wildstyle” and believe it or not a cover by Duran Duran that we never even knew existed.

See more Grandmaster Flash videos here, including a Duran Duran cover.

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