Daily Eighties Flashback: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee “The Message”

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five‘s one appearance on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart under that name is one of the most iconic songs in rap history. On this date in 1982, that song, “The Message,” which also features Melle Mel and Duke Bootee, climbed to a peak position of number 62.