{"id":189141,"date":"2023-12-30T10:30:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=189141"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T16:17:30","slug":"grandmaster-flash-the-furious-five-and-the-first-ever-cassette-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/grandmaster-flash-the-furious-five-and-the-first-ever-cassette-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmaster Flash &#038; The Furious Five And The First Ever Cassette Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3biHPAOrio8?si=w6xvj_72TD1bDhbN\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>JayQuan<\/strong>, a staff writer with <em>Rock The Bells<\/em> and the official historian of the<em> National Hip-Hop Museum<\/em> in Washington D.C., tells the story of gaining information on a certain<strong> Grandmaster Flash &amp; The Furious 5<\/strong> single predating \u201cVacation\u201d by <strong>The Go-Go\u2019s<\/strong> as the first official U.S. cassette single. 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