Grandmaster Mellie Mel and The Furious Five

Melle Mel (b. Melvin Glover, New York City, New York, USA) was a typical black ‘ghetto child' whose interest in music originally stemmed from the Beatles. He soon embraced the earliest sounds of hip-hop in the mid 70s, becoming a breakdancer with the D-Squad. As a DJ with his brother Kid Creole he was influenced by others in the profession like Klark Kent and Timmy Tim who used to talk rhymes while playing music. The pair started their own brand of rapping and around 1976 set up with another DJ, Grandmaster Flash - who gave Melle Mel his new name. Flash already had one MC - Co...