Rap
legend, Melle Mel is launching a new fitness TV program scheduled to air in
selected New York City markets.
Mel, former front man of the legendary hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash &
The Furious Five, is a well known advocated of staying physically fit as evident
in the soon to be 50 year-old "s physique.
In the show entitled "Grandmaster Fitness with Melle Mel ",
the rapper will show viewers proper exercise techniques in an assortment of
NYC gyms and will also feature Mel working out with celebrity guest.
"The average American used to be a strong, respectable person,"
Melle Mel told The New York Daily News. "Now he "s fat and lazy and wondering
when he "s going to get his next Big Mac. We need a more fit image. It "s got
to be done, and I "m going to do it."
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