Grandmaster Flash ~ Similar Artists

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Eric B. & Rakim - 100% match to Grandmaster Flash

This Queens, New York, USA-based rap duo comprised Eric Barrier (Elmhurst, New York, USA) and William "Rakim" Griffin (b. William Griffin Jnr., Long Island, New York, USA), using additional musicians such as Sefton the Terminator and Chad Jackson as required. Rakim was the... Read more

The Sugarhill Gang - 97% match to Grandmaster Flash

Englewood, New Jersey, USA troupe, whose "Rapper's Delight" was hip-hop's breakthrough single and paved the way for the mainstream success of rap music in the 80s. They gave the music an identity and a calling card in the first line of the song: "A hip-hop, The hi-be, To the... Read more

Kurtis Blow - 91% match to Grandmaster Flash

Kurt Walker, 9 August 1959, Harlem, New York, USA. A producer and rap pioneer who had one of the genre's earliest hits with "Christmas Rappin" in 1979, written for him by J.B. Ford and Billboard journalist Robert Ford Jnr. Blow had previously studied vocal performance at the... Read more

Afrika Bambaataa - 86% match to Grandmaster Flash

Kevin Donovan, 10 April 1960, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. His name deriving from that of a nineteenth-century Zulu chief, translating as "Chief Affection", Bambaataa was the founding father of New York's Zulu Nation. The name was inspired by the movie Zulu, starring... Read more

De La Soul - 70% match to Grandmaster Flash

Hailing from Long Island, New York, USA, De La Soul was formed by Posdnous (Kelvin Mercer, 17 August 1969, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA), Trugoy the Dove (b. David Jude Joliceur, 21 September 1968, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA), and Pasemaster Mace (b.... Read more

KRS-One - 68% match to Grandmaster Flash

Lawrence Krisna Parker, 20 August 1965, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. The kingpin of Boogie Down Productions and a genuine hip-hop pioneer, at the peak of his career in the late 80s and early 90s KRS-One's standing was reflected not only in terms of his music, but... Read more

Public Enemy - 68% match to Grandmaster Flash

Hugely influential and controversial New York, USA-based rap act, frequently referred to as "The Black Sex Pistols", Public Enemy's legacy extends beyond rap, and attained a massive cultural significance within black communities. The effect on the consciousness (and consciences)... Read more

Whodini - 66% match to Grandmaster Flash

Brooklyn, New York-based rappers who, from their formation in 1982, pioneered the commercial rap/rock crossover, while many also cite their earliest recordings as precursors to the "New Jack Swing" movement. Whodini are rappers Jalil Hutchins (30 November 1963) and Ecstasy (b.... Read more

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - 50% match to Grandmaster Flash

The Fresh Prince, aka Will Smith (Willard Christopher Smith Jnr., 25 September 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) is now just as famous for his acting career, which started when he played the streetwise tough suffering culture shock when transplanted into the affluent... Read more