Legendary DJ Grandmaster Flash is gearing up to introduce himself to a new generation of gamers in Activision's upcoming DJ Hero, which is set to hit stores in October.

The scratching icon chatted with GameDaily about his role in the Guitar Hero spin-off.

"They said to me, Flash, we want to come up with a game but there's no way possible we could pull this off without you... we want to do it in such a way that the gamer is DJing the game," Flash told GameDaily.

"And then he says to me, 'We are the inventors of Guitar Hero,' so I'm thinking, 'OK, this is some big s--- right now.' Read the full interview on GameDaily

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