Who Is The Polar Bear On The Masked Singer?

If the voice of the Polar Bear doesn't sound familiar to you, it's probably because you're more familiar with his rapping and his producing than his actual singing. Grandmaster Flash is the architect of countless innovations that originated the art of hip-hop, so his rendition of "Rapture" — the Blondie song that's also an early hip-hop milestone in its own right — has a special resonance.

As Flash later told Variety, his connection to the song goes beyond the generic. "That song was actually written for me," he shared. "I remember Fab Five Freddy bringing [Blondie's Debbie Harry] to one of my shows. This is way back in the day before I became famous. And she wrote this song of what she saw when I was on the turntables at one of my amateur shows."

Grandmaster Flash may not be a very polished vocalist ("I sung horribly, but I sang it the best way I can and sitting down with the musicians and the vocal coaches in doing the best I can do with it," he said), but it's still a treat for fans to see and hear him perform the song, especially if you're aware of his history with it.