# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grandmaster-flash
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:53:54.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grandmaster-flash"
name: "Grandmaster Flash"
slug: "grandmaster-flash"
description: "Joseph Robert Saddler, known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is a Barbadian-American DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by elongating the drum breaks through the use of duplicate copies of vinyl. This technique gave birth to cutting and scratching. It also gave rappers better music with a seamless elongated bed of beats to speak on. He also invented the slipmat."
tagline: "American DJ and rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grandmaster_Flash_-_James_Lavelle's_Meltdown_Festival_2014_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1958-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "DJFlash4eva"
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    title: "Grandmaster Flash"
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    title: "Grandmaster Flash"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump