# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melle-mel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:50:12.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melle-mel"
name: "Melle Mel"
slug: "melle-mel"
description: "Melvin Glover, better known by his stage name Grandmaster Melle Mel or simply Melle Mel, is an American rapper who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five."
tagline: "American rapper from New York"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melle_Mel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.17
  momentum:             1.227621483375959
  historical:           16.719608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577307/"
    handle:    "nm0577307"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AWhixY9hX7LEPyPMjh4O0"
    handle:    "0AWhixY9hX7LEPyPMjh4O0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://grandmastermelemel.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميلي ميل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ميلى ميل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "میلی میل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%9C"
    title: "מלה מל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB"
    title: "メリー・メル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/faaf4f84-7751-4613-9903-32c9d6a49741"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/214586"
    title: "Melle Mel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump