Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
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100 Best Songs of 1982
All-time classics, buried treasures, cult favorites, and one-hit wonders — from Prince and Duran Duran to Kate Bush and the Go-Go's to the Replacements and R.E.M.
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Bassist Doug Wimbish on Nearly Joining the Stones and Madonna's Insane 'Erotica' Party
The veteran musician also reflects on his sessions with Sugar Hill Records, gigging with Lauryn Hill and Carly Simon, and the special chemistry of Living Colour
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Hip-Hop Pioneer Kidd Creole Gets 16 Years for Stabbing Homeless Man to Death
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five member was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter in April
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Rap Pioneer Kidd Creole Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Death of Homeless Man
Jurors reach verdict in few hours as former Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five member now faces up to 25 years in prison
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A Rap Pioneer Goes on Trial for Murder. Was It Calculated or Self-Defense?
Nathaniel “Kidd Creole” Glover made hip-hop history as a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Now he’s standing trial for the fatal stabbing of a 55-year-old man
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Watch LL Cool J and Friends Perform at NYC ‘Homecoming’ Show
Rapper was joined onstage by Rev Run, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes and more
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Duke Bootee, Rapper and Co-Writer of Hip-Hop Classic 'The Message,' Dead at 69
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's historic 1982 single was largely penned by Edward Fletcher, a session musician in Sugar Hill Records' famed studio band
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After 'Humble' Rapper's Murder Charge, Bronx Neighbors Express Shock
Nathaniel Glover, a.k.a. Kidd Creole from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was arrested and charged with murdering a homeless man
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Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's Kidd Creole Arrested for Murder
Nathaniel Glover charged with stabbing homeless man to death
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