Grandmaster Flash: 'Hip-hop's message was simple: we matter', Hip-hop

Ahead of Baz Luhrmann’s TV dramatisation of rap’s roots, The Get Down, we turn back the clock to 1970s New York, when the youth of the neglected South Bronx sowed the seeds of a musical revolution

Grandmaster Flash's The Message Still Provides Accurate Social Commentary 38 Years Later

50 years of hip-hop: Rappers, DJs and producers share 50 songs they love - Washington Post

And Ya Don't Stop: The Early Days of Hip-Hop, Features

The Most Important Events in Hip-Hop by Year: 1973-Present

Grandmaster Flash: Hip-hop has always had a misunderstood beginning

Hip hop (culture) - Wikipedia

The Hip-Hop 25: #21 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

The 50 greatest moments in hip-hop history - Los Angeles Times

The 50 Best Hip-Hop Songs of All Time

When I Heard “The Message” For The Very First Time, by Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him, thenext100

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Members, Songs, The Message, White Lines, & Facts