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Grandmaster Flash - Birth of a Culture (SIGNED BOOK) ss9 you know this album isOne of hip hop's founding fathers charts the genre's birth, rise and transformation over the decades. Over fifty years ago, Grandmaster Flash, with other DJs in his neighbourhood like Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Kool Herc, created the musical backbone of hip hop. This is a comprehensive journey through its origin story and the musical innovations which came along the way.