The Furious Five

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The Furious Five were a pioneering hip hop group from the South Bronx best known for their work with Grandmaster Flash and their influential socially conscious track "The Message."

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The Furious Five canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeEndTime mid-1980s ⓘ
activeStartTime late 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Grandmaster Flash ⓘ
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era old-school hip hop ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
rap ⓘ
hasPart Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ
influenced conscious hip hop ⓘ
socially conscious rap ⓘ
locationOfFormation South Bronx, New York City ⓘ
linked to: South Bronx
member Cowboy ⓘ
Kidd Creole ⓘ
Melle Mel ⓘ
Rahiem ⓘ
Scorpio ⓘ
notableAchievement helped popularize recorded hip hop beyond New York City ⓘ
pioneered socially conscious themes in hip hop lyrics ⓘ
notableRecognition "The Message" widely cited as one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time ⓘ
notableSongTheme urban life and social issues ⓘ
notableWork Freedom ⓘ
New York New York ⓘ
Superrappin' ⓘ
linked to: Superrappin’

The Message ⓘ
placeOfOrigin South Bronx, New York City ⓘ
linked to: South Bronx
recordLabel Sugar Hill Records ⓘ

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Melle Mel → associatedAct → The Furious Five ⓘ
Melvin Glover → associatedAct → The Furious Five ⓘ
Grandmaster Flash → associatedAct → The Furious Five ⓘ