Alice Keys and Grandmaster Flash are among the first batch of music legends set to be honored with the Black American Music Assn.'s new ICE Medal of Honor.
An R&B singer-songwriter-turned-exec, Sylvia Robinson founded the seminal rap label Sugar Hill Records. Its very first release? The landmark ‘Rapper’s Delight.’The ceremony will take place Oct. 15 at Morehouse College in Atlanta. BAM is self-described as being “dedicated to preserve, protect and promote the legacy and future of authentic Black American music.”
Grandmaster Flash was one of the earliest pioneers of hip-hop and gained mainstream recognition with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s socially conscious 1982 track “The Message.” The groundbreaking “” in 1981 was the first record to feature the scratching and mixing routines that were a hallmark of ’70s hip-hop park jams. In 2007 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five became the first rap group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Keys broke through in the music scene with her 2001 hit “Fallin’.” Her debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” topped the
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