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Melle Mel Hopes Hall Of Fame Will Make Hip-Hop 'Grow Up'
March 14th, 2007 9:54am EDT Post a comment
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Veteran rapper Melle Mel hopes his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame will force the hip-hop genre to "grow up".
Melle Mel - real name Melvin Glover - and his Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five bandmates became the first hip-hop artists to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame on Monday in New York.
And Mel believes the landmark achievement could make hip-hop ditch its violent image.
He says, "The main thing that the induction would do for the industry is force it to grow up. They're trying to make it a little too juvenile, a lot too ghetto.
"Everybody understands the dope part of this, the violent part of it, so now lets get back to the music part.
"This forces everybody to put a different face on hip-hop as a music-driven culture. It can be a teacher, a star of the community, rather than just an act on the corner."
(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)
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