Given the question: Facts: - years active: 1978 -- present - caption: mel in 2010 - birth name: melvin glover - origin: the bronx , new york - label: enjoy records sugar hill records , - genre: native rap old school rap , funk rap , electro rap american rap , hardcore rap , east coast - alias: grandmaster melle mel melle mel - birth date: 15 may 1961 - name: melle mel - image size: 300px - background: solo_singer - image: melle mel.jpg - associated acts: grandmaster flash and the furious five the sugarhill gang Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of melle mel .
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melvin glover -lrb- born may 15 , 1961 -rrb- , better known as melle mel and grandmaster melle mel , is an american hip-hop musician -- one of the pioneers of rap as lead rapper and main songwriter for grandmaster flash and the furious five .