Melle Mel

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American rapper hip hop musician human rapper record producer songwriter

Melle Mel is a pioneering American hip hop MC best known as a lead member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and a key figure in the development of socially conscious rap.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Melle Mel canonical	8
Grandmaster Melle Mel	2
Melle Mel Glover	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American rapper ⓘ hip hop musician ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	late 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Melle Mel ⓘ surface form: Grandmaster Melle Mel Melle Mel ⓘ surface form: Melle Mel Glover
associatedAct	Grandmaster Flash ⓘ The Furious Five ⓘ The Sugarhill Gang ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName	Melvin Glover ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	hip hop culture ⓘ music ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ old-school hip hop ⓘ
hasRole	lyricist ⓘ vocalist ⓘ
influenced	conscious hip hop ⓘ golden age hip hop artists ⓘ political rap ⓘ
knownFor	being lead rapper of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ pioneering socially conscious rap lyrics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
movement	old-school hip hop movement ⓘ
name	Melle Mel self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 as a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ won first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Back on the Block” with Quincy Jones and others ⓘ
notableWork	Beat Street Breakdown ⓘ New York New York ⓘ Step Off ⓘ Sun City resort ⓘ surface form: Sun City The Message ⓘ Vice ⓘ We Don’t Work for Free ⓘ White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) ⓘ World War III ⓘ
occupation	MC ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
participatedIn	recording of “Sun City” by Artists United Against Apartheid ⓘ
positionHeld	lead MC of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ⓘ
recordLabel	Sugar Hill Records ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I Feel for You → featuredArtist → Melle Mel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grandmaster Melle Mel

KRS-One → influencedBy → Melle Mel ⓘ

Melle Mel → name → Melle Mel self-link ⓘ

Melle Mel → alsoKnownAs → Melle Mel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grandmaster Melle Mel

Melle Mel → alsoKnownAs → Melle Mel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melle Mel Glover

The Message → vocalist → Melle Mel ⓘ

The Message → writer → Melle Mel ⓘ

Sugar Hill Records → notableArtist → Melle Mel ⓘ

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five → memberOf → Melle Mel ⓘ

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five → associatedAct → Melle Mel ⓘ