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'It Turned the World Upside Down': How New York City's 1977 Blackout Jump-Started the Hip-Hop Era
In an exclusive excerpt from the new book The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop, author Jonathan Abrams tells the origin story of the sonic revolution that became a global force
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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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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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Talking Heads, Selena, Salt-N-Pepa to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and Lionel Hampton also recipients of Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards
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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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Old Schooling: Why Hip-Hop Nostalgia Is on the Rise
How movies, docs, TV and comics are obsessing over hip-hop's past — and connecting it to the present
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AutoFail: Grandmaster Flash Dominates Grandmas' Facebook Statuses
When Facebook messages go wrong
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Stephen Colbert Taps fun., Flaming Lips, Santigold for Concert Bash
Grizzly Bear, Grandmaster Flash also set for 'StePhest Colbchella '012: RocktAugustFest'
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LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash and Sony Unveil Virtual Recording Software
'My Connect Studio' Aims to Bridge Distances Between Performers
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