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Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler) is a hip-hop artist with a net worth of $6 million. He has built his net worth as one of the hip hop pioneers cutting, Djing and mixing and he and the Furious 5 have been honorary inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Their induction made them the first hip-hop/rap artists to be given the honor. His family migrated from Barbados in the Caribbean to the US and settled in the Bronx, New York where he grew up.

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He developed as well as mastered three innovations that are even today considered to be the standard DJing techniques. These are the Backspin technique, Scratching and Punch Phrasing. The Furious 5 have signed with Sugar Hill Records and with their lyrical prowess and unique style quickly surpassed the Sugarhill gang to become the record label’s biggest stars. He, later on, left the group and continued his solo career where he received many accolades and awards for his work.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2019

Asset

Estimated value of Grandmaster Flash's website grandmasterflash.com

$3,300

2019

Misc.

Money Grandmaster Flash won from Sweden's $130,000 Polar Prize, 'Nobel For Music'

$130,000

1984

Record Sales

Record sales of the Beat Street soundtrack with various artists (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)

$650,000