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Melle Mel

Melle Mel

Actor, Music Department

Born May 15, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA

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Melvin Glover better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel (or simply Melle Mel) is an American hip hop recording artist who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Glover began performing in the late 1970s. He may have been the first rapper to call himself MC (master of ceremonies). Other Furious Five members included his brother The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover), Scorpio (Eddie Morris), Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) and Cowboy (Keith Wiggins). While a member of the group, Cowboy created the term hip-hop while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.

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Check the Rhyme Poster

Check the Rhyme Documentary2025Self

MTV 80s - 100% 80s! Easter Weekend Party! Poster

MTV 80s - 100% 80s! Easter Weekend Party! TV Special2025Melle Mel

MTV 80s - The Best 80s Party Ever! Poster

MTV 80s - The Best 80s Party Ever! TV Special2025Melle Mel

Hip-Hop and the White House Poster

Hip-Hop and the White House Feature Film2024Self - Hip-Hop Artist

Microphone Check Poster

Microphone Check Feature Film2024

MTV 80s - Let's Party! 80s Dance Anthems! Poster

MTV 80s - Let's Party! 80s Dance Anthems! TV Special2024Melle Mel

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple Poster

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple Feature Film2024Self - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World Poster

Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World TV Series2023Self

Hip Hop 50 Live Poster

Hip Hop 50 Live TV Special2023Self

Hip Hop Treasures Poster

Hip Hop Treasures TV Series2023Self

The 65th Annual Grammy Awards Poster

The 65th Annual Grammy Awards TV Special2023Self - Performer

The Hustle of @617MikeBiv Poster

The Hustle of @617MikeBiv Feature Film2023Self

Kai Feature Film2022Self

DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition 2021 Poster

DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Soul Train Edition 2021 TV Special2021Self

We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert Poster

We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert TV Special2021Self

Africa Rising Poster

Africa Rising TV Movie2019Self

The Bronx, USA Poster

The Bronx, USA Documentary2019Self

Don't Hate the Playaz Poster

Don't Hate the Playaz TV Series2018Self - Special Guest

Quincy Documentary2018Self

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop Poster

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop Documentary2017Self

G-Funk Documentary2017Self

The Game: From the street to Wall Street Poster

The Game: From the street to Wall Street Documentary2017Self

Equal Means Equal Poster

Equal Means Equal Documentary2016Self

Hip-Hop Evolution Poster

Hip-Hop Evolution TV Series2016Self

2015 MTV Video Music Awards Poster

2015 MTV Video Music Awards TV Special2015Self - Performer

Hustlers Convention Poster

Hustlers Convention Documentary2015Self

Vamp Bikers Dos Poster

Vamp Bikers Dos Feature Film2015Thunder

22nd Annual Trumpet Awards Poster

22nd Annual Trumpet Awards TV Special2014Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV Series2014Self - Musical Support

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Poster

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown TV Series2013Self

California Dreamers Poster

California Dreamers Feature Film2013Muscle Mel

Makin' It Happen: A Tribute to Dancin' on Air Poster

Makin' It Happen: A Tribute to Dancin' on Air Video2013Self

The Lost Book of Rap Poster

The Lost Book of Rap Short Film2013Grand Master

Sample This Poster

Sample This Documentary2012Self

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Poster

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Documentary2012Self

The Trouble with Cali Poster

The Trouble with Cali Feature Film2012Self

American Revolutionaries: DMC TV Movie2011Self

I Want My Name Back Poster

I Want My Name Back Documentary2011Self

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation Poster

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation Documentary2011Self

Reach Around Radio TV Series2011Self

The Big Picture Poster

The Big Picture TV Series2011Self

2009 Soul Train Awards Poster

2009 Soul Train Awards TV Special2009Self

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV Series2009Self

The Mo'Nique Show Poster

The Mo'Nique Show TV Series2009Self

Russell Peters: Red, White and Brown Poster

Russell Peters: Red, White and Brown Documentary2008Self - Announcer

Unsung TV Series2008Self

Hip Hop Legends Poster

Hip Hop Legends Video2007

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors Poster

2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2005Self - Honoree

The Man Whose Arms Exploded Poster

The Man Whose Arms Exploded Documentary2005Self

4th Annual BET Awards Poster

4th Annual BET Awards TV Special2004Self

Beef II Documentary2004Self

Hip-Hop Honors Poster

Hip-Hop Honors TV Special2004Self

Kings of Hip Hop: The Founders Video2004

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective Poster

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective Documentary2004Rap Man #1

Chappelle's Show Poster

Chappelle's Show TV Series2003Self

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat Poster

Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat Documentary1995Self

The History of Rock 'n' Roll Poster

The History of Rock 'n' Roll TV Series1995Self

The Show Poster

The Show Documentary1995Self

Howard Stern Poster

Howard Stern TV Series1994Self

Here Come the Drums Documentary1993Self

Who's the Man? Poster

Who's the Man? Feature Film1993Delroy

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones Poster

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones Documentary1990Self

Rapmania: The Roots of Rap Poster

Rapmania: The Roots of Rap Documentary1990Self

The Word Poster

The Word TV Series1990Self

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Poster

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Feature Film1989Rap Man #1

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Poster

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Documentary1985Self

The 27th Annual Grammy Awards Poster

The 27th Annual Grammy Awards TV Special1985Self

Beat Street Poster

Beat Street Feature Film1984Grand Master Melle Mel

Saturday Night Live Poster

Saturday Night Live TV Series1975Self - Musical Guest

Soul Train Poster

Soul Train TV Series1971Self

Top of the Pops Poster

Top of the Pops TV Series1964Themselves

3 Days Rising Poster

3 Days Rising Feature FilmCrime Scene Photographer

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2023 MTV Video Music Awards Poster

2023 MTV Video Music Awards TV Special2023

Equal Means Equal Poster

Equal Means Equal Documentary2016

War of Words: Battle Rap in the UK Poster

War of Words: Battle Rap in the UK Documentary2016

The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia TV Series2011

Downtown 81 Poster

Downtown 81 Feature Film2000

Music Department

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Japanese Borscht Poster

Japanese Borscht Feature Film2019

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Poster

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown TV Series2013

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