Person
Melle Mel
Acting · Born 1961-05-15 · The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Melle Mel, born Melvin Glover, is an American hip hop recording artist who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Known for
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
The Word
1990
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Rap Man #1
Beat Street
Grandmaster Melle Mel
Who's the Man?
Delroy
The Hip Hop Years
Self
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Self
The Man Whose Arms Exploded
2005
Filmography
- 2024Microphone Check: The Hidden History of Hip HopHimself
- 2023Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the WorldSelf
- 2017From Scratch: The Birth of Hip HopSelf
- 2015Hustlers ConventionSelf
- 2013Sample ThisSelf
- 2013Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
- 2011Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack GenerationSelf
- 2008Russell Peters: Red, White and BrownHimself
- 2005The Man Whose Arms Exploded
- 2002Word: A Hip-Hop Film
- 1999The Hip Hop YearsSelf
- 1995Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat
- 1995The ShowSelf
- 1993Who's the Man?Delroy
- 1990The Word
- 1989Police Academy 6: City Under SiegeRap Man #1
- 1985The Making of Sun CitySelf
- 1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf
- 1984Beat StreetGrandmaster Melle Mel
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical Guest
- 1959The GrammysSelf
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