Grandmaster Flash gets ABBA founder's award

Grandmaster Flash, one of the architects of hip-hop, accepted the prestigious Polar Music Prize from the hands of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on tuesday. Grandmaster Flash acknowledged his mother for encouraging him to study electronics and his father for inspiring him with his impressive collection of records, which he wasn’t allowed to touch — but did when his dad wasn’t home, U Discover Music reports. Talking about his childhood growing up in the south Bronx, Flash said - “Where I came from … music had no colour. Great music was just great music”. The prize was founded by ABBA manager, music publisher and lyricist Stig “Stikkan” Anderson.