Grandmaster Flash

Joseph Saddler\'s family emigrated to the United States from Barbados, in the Caribbean. He grew up in the Bronx in New York City where he attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school. There, he learned how to repair electronic equipment. Saddler\'s parents played an important role in his interest in music. His parents came from Barbados and his father was a big fan of Caribbean and black American records.\n', '

As a child, Saddler was fascinated by his father\'s record collection. In an interview, he reflected: "My father was a very heavy record collector. He still thinks that he has the stronger collection. I used to open his closets and just watch all the records he had. I used to get into trouble for touching his records, but I\'d go right back and bother them." Saddler\'s early interest in DJing came from this fascination with his father\'s record collection as…