Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture”

Grandmaster Flash explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five’s biggest hit was the beginning of the end. This interview is drawn from The New Yorker Radio Hour, a weekly radio show and podcast hosted by David Remnick. For more, follow The New Yorker Radio Hour wherever you get your podcasts.