Melle Mel

Melle Mel was born on May 15, 1961 in USA. Melle Mel's big-screen debut came with Beat Street directed by Stan Lathan in 1984, strarring Grand Master Melle Mel.

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.