NPR: grandmaster flash https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1096871823 grandmaster flash en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 11 May 2026 23:29:35 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: grandmaster flash https://www.npr.org/tags/1096871823/grandmaster-flash The story behind a lesser known track from hip-hop history: 'Stroke Ain't No Joke' For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke." Sun, 14 May 2023 07:58:02 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/05/14/1175440331/hip-hops-got-a-message-real-stealthy-to-teach-the-world-to-be-mad-healthy https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/05/14/1175440331/hip-hops-got-a-message-real-stealthy-to-teach-the-world-to-be-mad-healthy

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

]]> Ari Daniel The rapper Kidd Creole is sentenced to 16 years over a fatal stabbing Rapper Kidd Creole, who was a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for stabbing a homeless man to death on a New York City street. Thu, 05 May 2022 12:14:02 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/05/05/1096871280/rapper-kidd-creole-sentenced-16-years-over-stabbing https://www.npr.org/2022/05/05/1096871280/rapper-kidd-creole-sentenced-16-years-over-stabbing Rapper Kidd Creole, who was a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for stabbing a homeless man to death on a New York City street.

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