Subject: Grandmaster Flash

• Mixed Nuts

  August 22, 2002

• I'm the DJ, He's the Rapper: An interview with DJ Jazzy Jeff

  In the late '80s and early '90s, the smack-talkin', party-startin' Philadelphia duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince provided millions of young American suburbanites their first introduction to the joys of hip-hop. credit: nathalie@gunpowder-3.tv With multi-platinum-selling status and unforgettable songs like "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble," "Parents Just Don't Understand" (which won the first-ever rap Grammy), "Nightmare On My Street" (which, full disclosure, I memorized and performed in a

  June 4, 2009

• Wax On/Wax Off

  November 27, 2003

• The Sins of Mike's

  It's where Norm goes when he's in town. Need to know more?

  February 8, 2007

• The Gza Strip

  Hip-hop strikes familiar chords in our Israeli sister city.

  January 6, 2005

• Kid Rock

  Thursday, April 1, at Municipal Auditorium.

  April 1, 2004

• Little Axe

  Hard Grind (Fat Possum)

  July 4, 2002

• Spin City

  DJ and rave promoters insist it's all about the music and the vibe -- something the police and government bureaucrats need to know.

  June 22, 2000

• Kid gloves

  A fascination with all things vinyl has resulted in an unexpected career for Kid Koala, one of the new class of international turntable masters.

  May 11, 2000

• Veloci-rappers

  The old-school hip-hop ensemble Jurassic 5 takes rap back to the old school with inventive lyrics and a too-damn-hype live show.

  May 4, 2000

• Wayward Q&A: Grandmaster Flash

  Yes the Grandmaster Flash. The first man ever to use the turntable as an instrument was kind enough to call our headquarters last week to field questions about his life, from the first record he ever cut to what's hot on the dance floor now to his starring role in the new game DJ Hero. Without the pioneering discoveries Flash (born in Barbados as Joseph Saddler and brought up in the Bronx) made in the early '70s experimenting with vinyl records, hip-hop as we know it today would not exist. Cre

  July 23, 2009