Grandmaster Flash revolutionized the music industry and is part of the reason for where hip-hop is today, but the famous DJ didn’t live the luxurious lifestyle through his biggest years with the Furious Five. He was living an average lifestyle at best while his songs were selling millions of copies. In his new book The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, the DJ who did it first talks in detail about his battle with cocaine, losing tons of money from Sugar Hill Records, and not being there for his children.