An alarming number of elderly people are mistakenly tagging themselves as hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash thanks to Facebook's auto-tagging feature.

The error causes anyone that starts writing 'grandma' to be presented with a link to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee - and the number of grandparents falling victim to the algorithm failure is endless.

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Here are some of the funniest examples sourced by the Tumblr page Love, Grandpa and Grandmaster Flash:

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The craze even caught the attention of the Grandmaster, real name Joseph Saddler: "It's true I get a lot of posts from Grandmas. Hilarious now I know why --- Respect Grandma and Grandpa. P.S. This is Hip Hop!"

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