The Original Hip Hop DJ, Grandmaster Flash, Launched His New Website In Celebration of Black History Month
Author: Prana Marketing
Date Created: Feb 26, 2008 - 9:14:31 AM
Grandmaster Flash’s Memoirs
The Adventures of
Grandmaster Flash - My Life My
Beats
Will Be Available June 10
New York
, (
February 25, 2008)
–
Grandmaster Flash is one
of Hip Hop’s pioneers: he made it his life’s work to create and perfect the art
of DJing. In his adolescent years in the
Bronx,
Grandmaster Flash was the first DJ to use the turntables as an instrument. He
also created the very first beat box machine, which remains a staple of Hip
Hop, despite newer technology.
In
celebration of
Black History Month,
Grandmaster Flash has launched
his new website (http://www.grandmasterflash.com). The site will offer
innovative ways to listen, read, and hear about this legend. As someone always
looking to take Hip Hop up a notch,
Grandmaster Flash is proud to take
his pioneering spirit to the Internet.
Grandmaster
Flash
’s memoirs,
The
Adventures of Grandmaster Flash – My Life My Beats are slated to
hit bookstores on
June 10. The book was penned by
David Ritz,
author of both
Marvin Gaye’s and
Ray Charles’ biographies. In
this extraordinary book,
Grandmaster Flash sets down Hip Hop history,
for sharing for the first time his personal and difficult life story—along with
no small amount of wisdom and experience.
Today,
Grandmaster
Flash has a weekly show on
Sirius Radio,
The Flash Mash.
The show is a kaleidoscopic mash-up of his tastes, spanning just about any
genre from just about any corner of the world.
It airs on Saturdays from
5-8pm
.
Previously, Chris Rock sought out
Grandmaster
Flash to serve as Musical Director for the groundbreaking
HBO
Series,
The Chris Rock Show. He remained in that role for
five years.
In
addition to his induction to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—as the very
first Hip Hop artist so honored—
Grandmaster Flash has been the recipient
of many awards, including
VH1 Hip Hop Honors;
BET’s Icon Award;
The
Lifetime Achievement Award from the RIAA; and
Bill Gates’ Vanguard Award.
Grandmaster Flash
takes his DJ innovations into the future by
sponsoring what he calls the best DJ fun and friendly digital application in
the market today - "Traktor Scratch" by Native Instruments. The
program accents the techniques, flips, tricks, and switches that Flash
introduced to the world 30+ years ago.
The
Smithsonian Museum of American History
in honor of Black History Moth has opened its exhibit
RECOGNIZE!
Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
in which
Grandmaster Flash along with other hip hop
artist such as
LL Cool J, Erykah Badu and
Common will be
featured.
The exhibition opened on February
8 and will be throughout October 8, 2008.
www.grandmasterflash.com
www.myspace.com/flashcutitup
www.pranamarketing.com/artist/grandmasterflash
For press information contact:
Angela
Thomas (201) 503-1333.
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