Grandmaster Flash

  • Listeners

    341K

  • Scrobbles

    1.9M

  • Listeners

    341K

  • Scrobbles

    1.9M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
1 January 1958 (age 67)
Born In
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
Grandmaster Flash (born Joseph Saddler on January 1, 1958 in Barbados) is a hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Saddler's family migrated to the United States, and he grew up in the Bronx. He became involved in the earliest Queensbridge, New York DJ scene, attending parties set up by early luminaries. Learning from Pete Jones and Kool Herc, he used duplicate copies of a single record and two turntables but added a dextrous manual edit with a mixer to promote the break (a point of isolated drum rhythm) - the ordinary playing of th… read more
Grandmaster Flash (born Joseph Saddler on January 1, 1958 in Barbados) is a hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Saddler's family migrated to the United States, and he grew up in the Bronx. He became involved in the earliest Queensbridge, N… read more
Grandmaster Flash (born Joseph Saddler on January 1, 1958 in Barbados) is a hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Saddler's family migrated to the United States, and he grew up in the Bronx. He became involved in the earliest Queensbridge, New York DJ scene, attending parties set up by early luminaries. Learning… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

  2. Avatar for Kurtis Blow

  3. Avatar for The Sugarhill Gang
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Hip Hop Classics Collection White Lines (Don't Do It)
  • Loading
 358 listeners
2 Play track Kings of the Streets - The Definitve Collection The Message
  • Loading
 313 listeners
3 The Message - 7" Version The Message - 7" Version
  • Loading
 177 listeners
4 The Message - Extended Version The Message - Extended Version
  • Loading
 106 listeners
5 Play track Hi-Five: Hip Hop Blender The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee)
  • Loading
 46 listeners
6 Play track The Sugarhill Records Story The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
  • Loading
 34 listeners
7 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Long Version White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Long Version
  • Loading
 26 listeners
8 White Lines (Don't Do It) (Long Version) White Lines (Don't Do It) (Long Version)
  • Loading
 12 listeners
9 Play track White Lines White Lines (Long Version) (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
  • Loading
 11 listeners
10 Play track Hits Scorpio
  • Loading
 10 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 59,518 listeners

    14 tracks

    The Message
    • Loading

  2. 14,672 listeners

    19 Apr 1994 · 11 tracks

    Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five
    • Loading

  3. 14,358 listeners

    31 Mar 2009 · 3 tracks

    White Lines
    • Loading

  4. 13,003 listeners

    1 Jul 1997 · 20 tracks

    Grandmaster Flash Presents: Salsoul Jam 2000
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
202
210
235
213
178
218
233
217
225
198
203
197
198
213
214
210
220
236
190
175
203
195
223
219
199
172
224
200
228
237
214
218
206
219
194
182
232
229
212
200
218
227
224
212
216
260
220
226
224
235
231
224
216
213
211
248
206
232
224
212
199
211
188
204
223
200
194
192
206
233
210
212
205
193
187
207
203
201
211
225
218
196
205
216
203
216
198
196
191
191
214
198
228
220
226
192
211
229
220
215
204
214
172
206
189
215
211
201
193
171
186
170
179
200
198
193
168
188
179
205
205
192
166
161
209
189
199
198
200
191
172
197
176
204
202
210
199
191
193
149
201
178
203
183
164
175
172
174
197
211
225
160
213
209
199
200
203
198
167
183
194
215
210
214
173
194
182
206
179
162
206
176
161
164
166
173
165
160
182
149
149
172

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 133,524 listeners

    Avatar for Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

  2. 266,745 listeners

    Avatar for Kurtis Blow

  3. 545,875 listeners

    Avatar for The Sugarhill Gang

  4. 169,988 listeners

    Avatar for Whodini

  5. 809,537 listeners

    Avatar for Eric B. & Rakim

  6. 615,546 listeners

    Avatar for Run-D.M.C.

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss