Hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash has been named as one of many winners 2019 Polar Music Prize.
Widely thought of to be the musical equal of a Nobel Prize, the Polar Music Prize has been awarded to Grandmaster Flash, identified for 'The Message' with the Furious Five, for his contributions to hip hop and DJ tradition.
Flash, actual identify Joseph Saddler, is credited as the primary ever DJ to make use of scratch turntablism methods on a industrial document and is recognised as one of the vital vital figures within the historical past of hip hop. His contributions to DJ tradition had been additionally just lately commemorated in an artwork piece by Misfit.
Speaking about his nomination for the honour, Flash acknowledged: “It is such an honour as a result of a variety of occasions in our tradition, what we do as DJs will get ignored. So for these folks to say, ‘Let’s give this to somebody who doesn’t essentially use a microphone as their present’, for me to be picked out of so many individuals, I'm so, so deeply honoured.”
The different winners had been German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, and musical non-profit organisation Playing for Change Foundation. The Polar Music Prize, which was based in 1989 by ABBA supervisor Stig Anderson, awards winners with a 1 million Swedish krona (£83,000) prize.
Previous winners have included Metallica, Björk and Moog founder Robert Moog.
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