Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) was a hip-hop pioneer. Using his skills as an electronic engineer he perfected the art of punch phasing and mixing by constructing the first twin-deck turntable using a mixer, headphones, and a monitor switch. Flash...

Joseph "Biggie Grand" Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five...

The Superbowl of Silence began this week on the 107th floor of New York's World Trade Center as chess champions Gary Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand faced each other across the board in a soundproof booth. While stars of other sports grunt, crunch and pound...

DJ culture's presence in the mainstream is as prominent as it has ever been. Whether it's battle DJs such as the X-ecutioners or dance- crossed-with-pop spinners like Moby, turntable artists are showing up on the charts, in the movies and -- a sure sign...

Instead of guitars, there were turntables. Scratches replaced soaring riffs. An induction speech was read off a Blackberry. The hip-hop era arrived Monday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first hip-hop act to be inducted...

Ask Grandmaster Flash about hip-hop stars deserving of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he's quick with a list of rap icons. "Afrika Bambaataa. Run-DMC. KRS-One," he says, barely pausing for a breath. "Big Daddy Kane. LL Cool J. Eric B and Rakim....