"The Message"

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five prove hip-hop can carry serious social narrative.

Key figures

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

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Mass Incarceration
"The Message" narrated the conditions of the inner city that the carceral era would deepen.

"The Message" narrated the conditions of the inner city that the carceral era would deepen.