Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Grandmaster Flash, one of the pioneering DJs of hip-hop music culture, is working on his eighth studio album nearly three decades after the release of his influential record â€oeThe Message.” more info

Guardian Music — All that was lacking was background imagery of strip malls and the KardashiansNobody turns to American music award ceremonies to see a true representation of the best music of the year. But do they turn to them to see the worst? Yes, would seem to be... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Tributes and medleys mean it must be time for award season. An ode to rap innovator Grandmaster Flash gave the Recording Academy a chance to toss a bunch of hip-hop stars on stage at the Grammy nominations to cover the... more info

ContactMusic — Rick Ross Common and Lupe Fiasco will team up to pay tribute to hip-hop hero Grandmaster Flash at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live in Los Angeles on Wednesday 30Nov11 The trio will perform rap anthem The Message with Flash and longtime collaborato... more info

411 Mania — Rick Ross, Common and Lupe Fiasco will perform “The Message…” more info

Topix — Grammy Award-winning rhymer Common , his fellow Chicagoan Lupe Fiasco and rap peer Rick Ross will join hip-hop game-changer Grandmaster Flash , along with Grammy Award-winning emcee Melle Mel and pioneering rapper Scorpio , for a special performance ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Well-executed and extensive BBC documentary entitled Once Upon a Time in New York – The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco & Punk. Making the point that by the 1970s most pop music in the USA was dominated by West Coast artists and that NYC – despite being... more info

Guardian Music — Pioneering producer put out the first ever rap record by assembling the Sugarhill GangSylvia Robinson, 'the mother of hip-hop', has died aged 76. Most famous for assembling the Sugarhill Gang, Robinson was a songwriter, performer, producer and label ... more info

Guardian Music — It Ain't Hard to Tell will explore rapper's feuds with Jay-Z and Bill O'Reilly, and his four-year marriage to KelisNas has signed a book deal, agreeing to publish his memoirs next year. A decade after he changed his mind about calling one of his albu... more info

Guardian Music — Grandmaster Flash, On tourHip-hop's precise parentage may well be lost in the melting pot of 1970s New York, but it's fair to say that Grandmaster Flash was certainly there or thereabouts at the birth. Born Joseph Sadler in 1958, he's widely acknowle... more info