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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

American hip-hop group (1978-1988)
Organization musical_group Q765409
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Summary

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,902 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[4].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's genre is hip-hop[6].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's record label is recorded as Elektra[7].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's record label is recorded as Sugar Hill Records[8].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's record label is recorded as Enjoy! Records[9].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's discography is recorded as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five discography[10].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's Commons category is recorded as Grandmaster Flash[11].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five comprises Scorpio[13].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five comprises Grandmaster Flash[14].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five comprises Keef Cowboy[15].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five comprises The Kidd Creole[16].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five comprises Melle Mel[17].
  • 1978 marks the founding of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five[18].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's location of formation is recorded as New York City[19].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's location of formation is recorded as The Bronx[20].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's official website is recorded as http://www.thefurious5.com[21].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's start of work period is recorded as 1978[22].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's end of work period is recorded as 1988[23].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's name is recorded as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five[24].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's name is recorded as Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five[25].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[26].
  • Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's has works in the collection is recorded as Groninger Museum[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1979[30]

  • Genre(s): hip hop[31]

  • Community tags: hip hop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3c9b5ce5-be16-4925-a3f4-4968fb9423ca[33]

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Founding

1978 marks the founding of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five[18]. Founded in (location) include New York City[19] and The Bronx[20].

Recognition

Awards received include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3], a music museum[34], in United States[35], founded in 1983[36] and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[4], a lifetime achievement award[37], in United States[38], founded in 1962[39].

Why It Matters

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,902 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five receive?

Honors received include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3] and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[4].

Related Entities

Elektra New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    End of work period → +1988-00-00T00:00:00Z
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