When I Heard “The Message” For The Very First Time

Grandmaster Flash’s 1982 Anthem Still Rules Hip-Hop

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — Public domain (fair use)

I first heard the hip-hop anthem, “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in the summer of 1982. I was working at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. I was on the field crew. It was a piece of crap summer job that kept me out of trouble. I loved it.