Is The Message by Grandmaster Flash the greatest ever hip-hop song?

Sampled by Ice Cube, Blackstreet and the musical Hamilton, it changed the direction of rap

Watch Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne Perform Hip-Hop Medley at the 2023 VMAs – The Hollywood Reporter

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Members, Songs, The Message, White Lines, & Facts

We need to thank a successful business-woman for Conscious Hip Hop: Sylvia Robinson's Message., by DJ Robin Sherman, There's a Song For That!, Sep, 2023

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and the Greatest Hip-Hop Song of All Time, by Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him

Hip-hop has been standing up for Black lives for decades: 15 songs and why they matter - ABC News

Nelly on BET Hip Hop Awards honor, Grandmaster Flash's 'The Message

Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler)

The Message tops Rolling Stone tally of influential hip hop

The Message': Sugar Hill Song now 40 years old, changed hip-hop

The Greatest Hits (The Sugarhill Gang vs. Grandmaster Flash) — The Sugarhill Gang

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The Message (1982) - Hip Hop Golden Age Hip Hop Golden Age

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message Lyrics

The Message – Grandmaster Flash