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The Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five MC revealed to PEOPLE what he thinks of the success of Leray's smash "Players," which samples the classic song Melle Mel knows that 1982's "The Message" was ...

GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE: Ladies and gentlemen, it's now the time for the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five MCs. (Rapping) We're coming. We're coming. We're coming. We're coming. We ...