Joseph “Biggie Grand” Saddler, better known as Grandmaster Flash, is a hip-hop performer and disc jockey; he is considered one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting and mixing. In 2007, he and his band -- collectively known as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five -- became the first hip-hop/rap artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
By Kehinde Wiley
Oil on canvas, 2005
Collection Glenn Fuhrman, New York; © Kehinde Wiley