Grandmaster Flash Plays Hip-Hop Web Awards
The legendary Grandmaster Flash performed at the 1999 Online Hip-Hop
Awards show, which was held at Tramps in New York City on Tuesday night. Winners of
the award, which honors hip-hop websites and webmasters, included Hieroglyphics
(Best Website Dedicated to the Art of Graffiti), Hip-Hop Dot Com (Best Website Dedicated
to the Art of Emceeing), Funkmaster Flex (Best Website Dedicated to the Art of
Turntablism/DJing) and Hip-Hop Site (Website of the Year). The event, which was co-
produced and broadcast by SonicNet, featured performances by Canibus,
Jeru the Damaja and Naughty by Nature. Some proceeds from the
event will go to MOUSE, a New York-based nonprofit organization that provides
volunteer manpower and technical support to wire inner-city public schools.