Grandmaster Mele-mel
Instore performance & Signing at J&R Music NYC
MEDIA ALERT!
GRANDMASTER MELE MEL TO PERFORM AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AT J&R MUSIC
AND COMPUTER WORLD
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, AT 12:30 PM
Grandmaster Mele Mel, lyrical leader of the original Furious
Five, will perform and sign autographs for fans at J&R Music and
Computer World (23 Park Row) on Wednesday, March 7 at 12:30 PM
in support of his brand new album "Muscles" which is his first
venture on his own Big Gunz Entertainment imprint. As the lead
vocalist of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Mele Mel is
also credited with the first socially conscious rap song "The
Message" and was recently voted "The Greatest Rapper Of All
Time" in a poll of his peers run by BBC News.
Emerging as a teenager in the Bronx in the late 1970s, the
birthplace of Hip-Hop culture, Mele Mel was the first MC
superstar of Hip-Hop. Over the course of his long career, Mele
has been sought after by luminaries Chaka Khan, U2, Quincy
Jones, Duran Duran, the late 2Pac, Funkadelic, The Last Poets
and many others. In 2007, Mele Mel will release the first solo
album of his career to show his love for music and illustrate
his diversity as an artist. Among other achievements in 2007,
Mele Mel is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame,
and is pursuing a wrestling career in the WWE as a natural
development of his bodybuilding and fitness regimes. Mele Mel
has won three Grammy Awards and is the first Hip-Hop inductee
(with his group) into the prestigious Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE!!! EXCELLENT PHOTO OPPORTUNITY!!!
WHO: GRANDMASTER MELE MEL
WHAT: PERFORMING AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR FANS
WHERE: J&R MUSIC AND COMPUTER WORLD
23 PARK ROW
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007
12:30 PM (Media arrive at 12:00PM)
Also Supersize Spanishfly Lynx the only featured artist on the
album will be there to meet and greet..Meow!!!
For more information on the in-store autograph signing or J&R
Music and Computer World, please contact Gillian Kocher of Dan
Klores Communications at 212-685-4300
