Rapper Melle Mel: Delivering 'The Message'
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Melle Mel.
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesWhen the hit rap song "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five came out in the early 1980s, many rappers regarded it as an inspiration as well as a political message.
Melle Mel was the original vocalist on "The Message." (This interview originally aired August 4, 1992.)
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