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Melle Mel

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Legendary MC from the early days of hip-hop. See more trivia »

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Melvin Glover
in New York City, New York, USA
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2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (writer: "Check Yo Self Remix" / as Melvin Glover)
 
2006 LiTTLEMAN (writer: "The Message" / as Melvin Glover)
 
2005-2006 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
– Everybody Hates the Lottery (2006) (performer: "White Lines Don't Don't Do It")
– Everybody Hates the Babysitter (2005) (writer: "The Message")
 
2004 White Chicks (writer: "White Girls" / as Melvin Glover)
 
2004 Mean Girls ("Fire" / as Melvin Glover)
 
2004 Shaun of the Dead ("White Lines" / as Glover)
 
2003 American Wedding (writer: "The Message" / as Melvin Glover)
 
2002 25th Hour (writer: "White Lines Don't Don't Do It" / as Melvin Glover / performer: "White Lines Don't Don't Do It")
 
2002 Pro Skater 4 (Video Game) (performer: "I'm a Star")
 
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Video Game) (writer: "The Message")
 
2002 Paid in Full (writer: "Grndmza", "Round by Round", "Blaze" / as Melvin Glover / performer: "Grndmza", "Round by Round", "Blaze")
 
2002 Gilmore Girls (TV series)
– Teach Me Tonight (2002) (performer: "White Lines")
 
2002 Empire (performer: "White Lines Don't Don't Do It")
 
2001 Glitter (writer: "The Message")
 
1999 In Too Deep (writer: "Quiet Storm Remix" / as M. Glover)
 
1998 Soul Music Festival: Part IV (TV movie) (writer: "The Message" - uncredited / performer: "8th Wonder" - uncredited, "The Message" - uncredited, "Rapper's Delight" - uncredited)
 
1998 Doctor Dolittle (performer: "Ain't Nothin' But a Party" / as Grand Master Melle Mel)
 
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank (writer: "White Lines" / as Melvin Glover / performer: "White Lines" / as Grandmaster Melle Mel)
 
1996 Basquiat (writer: "White Lines" / as Melvin Glover / performer: "White Lines" / as GrandMaster Flash Melle Mel)
 
1994 Above the Rim ("Anything" / as Grand Master Melle Mei)
 
1992 Black to the Promised Land (documentary) ("Back on the Block")
 
1990 The Freshman (writer: "NEW YORK, NEW YORK" / as Melvin Glover)
 
1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (writer: "What's The Matter With Your World" / as Mele Mel / performer: "What's The Matter With Your World" / as Mele Mel)
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Whatever Works (1985) (writer: "Vice" - uncredited / performer: "Vice" - uncredited)
 
1984 Beat Street (writer: "Beat Street Breakdown" / performer: "Beat Street Breakdown")
 
1981 New York Beat Movie (performer: "Rapture")
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2013 California Dreamers (filming)
Muscle Mel
 
2004 Kings of Hip Hop: The Founders (video)
 
1993 Who's the Man?
Delroy (as Grand Master Melle Mel)
 
1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Rap Man #1 (as Melvin Glover)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1981 New York Beat Movie (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (29 titles)
2014 Check the Rhyme (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.821 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Sample This (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 The Big Picture (TV series)
Himself
– Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kool Moe Dee (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The Trouble with Cali
Himself
 
2012 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (TV documentary)
 
2011 American Revolutionaries: DMC (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 2009 Soul Train Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 The Mo'Nique Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Russell Peters: Red, White and Brown (TV movie)
Himself - Announcer (as Mele Mel)
 
2007 Hip Hop Legends (video)
 
2006 Chappelle's Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.3 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree (as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
 
2005 The Man Whose Arms Exploded (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 4th Annual BET Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1995 Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Word (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.17 (1994) … Himself
 
1993 Here Come the Drums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983-1990 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode #20.5 (1990) … Himself - Guest
– Evelyn King/Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five (1983) … Himself (as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
 
1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Quincy Jones & Co. (1990) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1990 Rapmania: The Roots of Rap (TV documentary)
Himself (as Grandmaster Melle Mel)
 
1986 Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (video documentary)
Himself (as Grandmaster Melle Mel)
 
1985 The 27th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 Beat Street
Himself (as Grandmaster Melle Mel)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2004 Beef II (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective (video documentary short)
Rap Man #1 (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

A member of the "Artists United Against Apartheid" charity project in 1985.

Alternate Names:

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | Melvin Glover | Grand Master Melle Mel | Grandmaster Melle Mel | Mele Mel
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Trivia:

Legendary MC from the early days of hip-hop. See more »

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