Melle Mel

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

MTV Video Music Awards

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Beat Street

The Hip Hop Years

Who's the Man?

All Movies (14)

• Microphone Check: The Hidden History of Hip Hop2024 · as Himself
• From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop2017 · as Self
• Hustlers Convention2015 · as Self
• Sample This2013 · as Self
• Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation2011 · as Self
• Russell Peters: Red, White and Brown2008 · as Himself
• The Man Whose Arms Exploded2005
• Word: A Hip-Hop Film2002
• Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat1995
• The Show1995 · as Self
• Who's the Man?1993 · as Delroy
• Police Academy 6: City Under Siege1989 · as Rap Man #1
• The Making of Sun City1985 · as Self
• Beat Street1984 · as Grandmaster Melle Mel

All TV Shows (6)

• Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World2023 · as Self
• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown2013
• The Hip Hop Years1999 · as Self
• MTV Video Music Awards1984 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys1959 · as Self