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 Grammy-winning genre leading the entire music industry.
hip-hop went from a genre he and his friends pioneeredThe 65-year-old is credited with helping create the genre 50 years ago with his group, Grandmaster and the Furious 5, who rose to fame in the '70s and '80s in the Bronx. They became the first hip-hop group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.set to open in the Bronx next year.Grandmaster Flash reflected on his feelings about the museum, calling it a"humbling" moment.
Grandmaster Flash told Craig his ear for music was trained thanks to his sisters, who played so many different types of music during their childhood, such as disco, funk, pop and rock.That exposure inspired him to see what he could create himself. Scratching, sampling and other D.J.ing techniques started off as ways for him to explore the possibilities of music, he said. They turned into hip-hop staples still used by artists today.
When Craig asked whether he listens to music now and thinks,"This is not what I intended," the D.J. said the opposite is true: He welcomes the change.
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