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Melle Mel Slams Street Culture in Rap, Triples Down On Being #1 | TMZ

2023-03-23T00:25:28.631Z

Furious Five rapper Melle Mel isn't backing down from his condemnation of today's hip hop -- in fact, he tripled down when asked if he's feeling the burn from all the backlash.

[WATCH] Swizz Beatz Wants To Give $1M To Kool Herc, Melle Mel And Other Hip Hop Pioneers

2020-05-14T19:54:10.639Z

While artists are coming up with creative ideas for the next Verzuz battle, Swizz Beatz came up with a landmark proposal for some of Hip Hop’s unsung pioneers.

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On Joe Budden’s Zone Radio IG Live convo, the Ruff Ryders producer introduced the idea of a Rakim vs. Big Daddy Kane Verzuz battle, which morphed into the recognition of the founding fathers and mothers who paved the way even before those two microphone greats.

“I want to raise a million dollars for each icon that started Hip Hop,” he says around the 10-minute mark. “Kool Herc on down. We need to be paying taxes to the creatives of Hip Hop that gave us freedom of speech to move forward. I’m going to go so hard with that — Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and Sugar Hill Gang, minimum a million a piece.”

Quincy Jones Feat. Ice-T, Melle Mel & Big Daddy Kane - Back On The Block (Video)

2016-02-18T16:20:23.769Z

Quincy Jones Feat. Ice-T, Melle Mel & Big Daddy Kane - Back On The Block (Video)

Grandmaster Melle Mel "Beat Street Breakdown"

2012-08-29T01:32:02.439Z

Grandmaster Melle Mel performing "Beat Street Breakdown", the first track of the original soundtrack album of the 1984 Hip-Hop film "Beat Street"

Mistah Fab - Oakland (Panther Remix) Feat. Shady Nate, Big Fase Mel, Zar The Dip

2011-07-08T06:38:21.390Z

Mistah Fab - Oakland (Panther Remix) Feat. Shady Nate, Big Fase Mel, Zar The Dip