When I first got to New York, Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message” had just come out. I was living on the Lower East Side and there were ‘roaches in the back, junkies in the alley with a baseball bat!’ The song had that strong resonance. Trains covered in graffiti, music pumping out car windows. It was all around you, and I was so into it! I took this photograph for the cover of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s album Gold. They wanted to shoot in a Rolls Royce showroom. We had a crate of Moët and two bikini-clad models.

Photos by Seth Tillett

Where my real hip hop heads?? This is an interview you do not want to miss!! Tonight at 9pm To catch it you must be following @blackconnections and @rahiem_grandmaster_furious_5 #Repost @blackconnections @download.ins --- 🚨🚨🚨TONIGHT AT 9PM🚨🚨🚨 Live interview with RAHIEM @rahiem_grandmaster_furious_5 May 26th, 2020 9pm est.🎤🎼🎹🎶 Rahiem, aka “Ra” was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He has been a prominent force in the Hip-Hop industry since its inception. Ra started as a member of the pioneering Hip-Hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five • • • #grandmasterflashandthefuriousfive #rahiem #hiphop #rockingrollhalloffame #hiphopculture #rap #music #rapper #hiphop #rap #rapper #music #hiphopmusic #rappers #artist #rock #hiphopculture #rapmusic #rockandrollhalloffame https://www.instagram.com/p/CAqlY_CjvDC/?igshid=e33aqjfq1p1q

#Repost @blackconnections (with @report.for.insta) ... Live interview with RAHIEM @rahiem_grandmaster_furious_5 May 26th, 2020 9pm est.🎤🎼🎹🎶 Rahiem, aka “Ra” was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He has been a prominent force in the Hip-Hop industry since its inception. Ra started as a member of the pioneering Hip-Hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five • • • #grandmasterflashandthefuriousfive #rahiem #hiphop #rockingrollhalloffame #hiphopculture #rap #music #rapper #hiphop https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfU_tmn6iK/?igshid=1e76evt8icynb

Press Release: #DJEvaMarie, MS, est. 1970 p/k/a @StreetLegendOGDJEvaMarie, BA, MS, est. 1965 announces an authentic Mobile DJing and Classic SouthSide Jamaica Hip Hop MCing battle against James Todd Smith, @LLCoolJ and #UncleL In my capacity as the Official Battle DJ and Battle MC for Daniel "#DJDivine" Kelley, est. 1971 professionally known on Instagram as @ImDivineCOS and The Original Legendary DJ #CipherSounds, est. 1975 p/k/a Tony "@Cipher_Sounds" Moore. #DJDivine and #CipherSounds are both credited as Creators, Founders and Inventors of SouthSide Jamaica Hip Hop on 132nd Street and Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York City USA. Dr. @GlennToby, PhD, est. 1977 p/k/a @MrSweetyG, est. 1977 is The Inventor of R&B/Hip Hop. Known in SouthSide Jamaica as @MCSweetyG, Dr. Glenn Toby provided management for #LLCoolJ - access http://www.GlennToby.com/Testimonials - "Glenn Toby was a major player on my management team, he helped me design my blueprint for success." - quoted by: 'LL Cool J, Actor/Rapper. Full disclosure: #MrSweetyG, est. 1977 "got down" with the @Cipher_Sounds Crew in 1977-1978. I, DJ Queen @MCJuiccyE, BA, MS, est. 1970 have been the Official self-appointed Battle DJ and MC for @MCSweetyG, est. 1977 since October 2010. Authentic Mobile DJ Battle and Mobile MC Battle to commence on Farmer's Boulevard and 109th Avenue at The Liberation Rock at a date and time to be determined by children and youth. I vow to bust #JamesToddSmith's a$$, just as I busted Just-ice's p/k/a @JusticeBX07 a$$ in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City USA in 1987. Refer to @LLCoolJ Instagram account - Friday, March 30, 2018 titled, PSA @rockthebellsSXM #strictlyforOGs #classichiphop #RTBcertified @AhafeezM @Justice4Preme #GeraldPrinceMiller @Talk2Nyce #JusticeBX07 @DJCutCreator #40Projects #SouthSideWeOutSide #QueensGetTheMoney #goat @siriusxm #PebbleePoo @iampebbleepoo #BusyBeeStarski #KoolMoeDee #MrBiggs #Rahiem @the_original_furious_5 #RodneyCStone #JalilWhodini @jalilwhodini #MelleMel #GrandMasterCaz @djflash4eva @therealgrandmastercaz @snoopdogg @ScorpioFurious5 @ap_interactive @AP.Images @GlobalGrind #GlobalGrind @YoRapsMag (at The Mighty Shirt Queens International-Southside Jamaica)

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