He is best known for his politically conscious song "Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)", which was a West Coast response to Grandmaster Flash's "the Message".
In 1983, the television adverts employed a "Green Cross Code" rap based on the hit "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash.
As acts such as Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash, and the Beastie Boys became popular in the US, KDAY brought their sounds to a new audience on the West Coast.
Their video "I Wanna Be A Marine" included a who's who of session musicians including Scorpio from Grandmaster Flash, The Uptown Horns, Tommy Mandel and others.
The individual members have had success as songwriters and producers, working with artists such as Kelis, Britney Spears, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, and Grandmaster Flash.
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The single "Faster Kill Pussycat" features Brittany Murphy and is one of many collaborations to appear on the album, with other collaborators including Pharrell Williams, Grandmaster Flash and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic.
The inaugural festival featured performances from Bootsy Collins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg, Garbage and Peaches, 311 and Wyclef Jean, Grandmaster Flash.
Influenced by such musicians as James Brown, Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow, their music cleverly fused rock, funk, and hip hop with maracatu and other traditional rhythms of Brazil's Northeast.
Jazzy Jay and Afrika Islam performed some of the first DJ team routines, and teamed up to battle both Grandmaster Flash (solo) and Grand Wizard Theodore (solo).
As a session musician he has played television as a member of the house band on the The Tube backing international stars as varied as Madonna, Elvis Costello, Billy Preston, Eddy Grant, Grandmaster Flash, Iggy Pop and Eartha Kitt.
The image, styles and sounds of the old school were exemplified by figures like Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Spoonie Gee, Newcleus, Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One, Kurtis Blow, Busy Bee Starski, Lovebug Starski, The Cold Crush Brothers, and Fab Five Freddy.
They Said It Couldn't Be Done is the third album released by Grandmaster Flash, which followed the breakup of the Furious Five because of the departure of rappers Melle Mel, Scorpio, and Keef Cowboy.
The US version of the award ceremony, the Urban Music Awards USA was launched on 7 July 2007 at Hammerstein Ballroom hosted by Foxy Brown and Spragga Benz with award winners including Danity Kane, Jay-Z, Grandmaster Flash, Sean Paul, Beyoncé, Bobby V, Enrique Iglesias, Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Mary, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis and more.
Besides Doopees, he has also worked with a variety of music artists, including Grandmaster Flash, Boredoms, Kahimi Karie, Ippu-Do, Cymbals, Koizumi Kyoko, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Hiroshi Fujiwara.