Turns Out Grandmaster Flash Is A Total Fraud

There’s a storm quietly brewing in the world of old school hiphop that has seen one of its originators, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, be labelled a fraud.

Grandmaster Flash, an innovative DJ who cut his fame-teeth part of the troupe Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, has been called a faker who has continually hogged all the accolades since the release of the ground-breaking ‘The Message’ by members of The Furious Five.

Revealed in a tell-all interview with Yaheard, Eddie “Mr. Ness/Scorpio” Morris claimed that Grandmaster Flash is simply the face of the group, although he shouldn’t be as he never wrote, rapped or produce a single song they released, going as far as to call him Milli Vanilli.

“From ‘Supper Rappin’, from ‘Freedom’, to ‘It’s Nasty’ to ‘Beat Street… To every record we ever made. The Message was the most critically acclaimed record but it’s been everything. He’s not on any of them, that’s why we came with the Milli Vanilli thing” Scorpio alleged.

Frustrated, he continued, “at the end of the day by having that name that we all helped build it gives him a clear path to all of the money without cutting in or bringing in fellas along who actually helped build the name.”

Challenging Flash’s massive legacy and worldwide adoration, he went on, “he claims that he wants his own legacy, and even though he’s out doing DJ gigs, it’s off of the name Grandmaster Flash.

“But when was the first time you heard the name Grandmaster Flash? Did you hear someone cutting on a turntable or did you hear the record? He’s trying to act like it was Grandmaster Flash over here, and The Furious Five here and even though we came out with the record people knew it was two different things.”

Scorpio explained in the Q&A that the remaining members of The Furious Five have battled to gain bookings for gigs – despite being the ones that penned and released the genre defining records, as it’s Flash’s name that’s synonymous with the songs, and therefore him that is playing sold-out festivals and gigs.

Interestingly, in 2007 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame – a milestone moment for the world of hiphop, the group being the first of its kind to receive the coveted crown. Scorpio however shed some negative light on this exciting time, “when you look on the awards show we’re sitting on one side and he’s sitting on the whole other side. He wouldn’t sit with us.”

“I’m like ‘it would be great for the original Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five to get back together’. He [Flash] calls like, ‘Will you tell Scorpio to please stop saying he wishes the Furious Five would get back together.’ I’m like ‘yo this is my motherfuck** dream.. This is my dream!’ Before closing with strong words, “this dude is so arrogant. People don’t know how arrogant this dude is. It’s not just us. So many things he gets all the credit for.”

That’s not to say that Scorpio believes that Flash deserves absolutely nothing, acknowledging his important role as a DJ with his signature scratching methods.

“Not saying he’s not entitled to nothing but if you know that most of your fame came from being with us and you didn’t cut on any of the records, you didn’t produce on any of the records, you didn’t rap or sing on any of the records, come on you have to show the cats more respect than that” as he admits that the Furious Five’s “biggest mistake the Furious Five made was to leave his name before ours.”

These are pretty huge comments coming from the Furious Five member, is Grandmaster Flash really just the face of the group who actually contributed nothing to their records? Take a look at the full interview here.

To complement the interview, Scorpio, alongside fellow emcee Melvin “Melle Mel” Glover, released a video earlier this year slamming Flash for taking all the credit, which you can watch below:

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