Time Masters
Guardians of the timeline who ensure history remains exactly as it was meant to be.
The Time Masters are an organization dedicated to preserving the integrity of the timeline. Their mission is to ensure that the natural flow of cause and effect remains unbroken, often placing them at odds with heroes who seek to alter tragic events.
Lore & Background
It is about Grandmaster Flash, a Barbadian-American DJ born Joseph Robert Saddler on January 1, 1957. He created the Quick Mix Theory, which gave birth to cutting and scratching, and invented the slipmat. He founded Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the first rap group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2019 he became the first hip hop artist to receive the Polar Music Prize. He received honorary doctorates from Buffalo State University on May 21, 2022, and from Lehman College on June 1, 2023. On August 4, 2023, New York City issued a proclamation making August 4 Grandmaster Flash Day.
Reader's Guide
It details Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: formed in the late 1970s with Cowboy, Melle Mel, and Kidd Creole. Cowboy created the term 'hip hop'. They signed to Enjoy Records in 1979 and released 'Superrappin''. In 1980 they signed to Sugar Hill Records. 'The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel' (1981) is the first documented appearance of scratching on a record. 'The Message' (1982) was the first hip hop recording added to the National Recording Registry. The group disintegrated after tensions over 'The Message'. Grandmaster Flash does not actually appear on 'The Message' or 'Freedom'.
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