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Mel Buckley
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Mel Buckley is an American R&B singer (born August 6, 1984 in Chicago, IL USA), also known as Melvin Buckley. High school Years Buckley grew up on the Southside of Chicago and while other young men his age were turning to violence and crime, he chose to follow a different path filled with sports and music. At 6’7, Buckley quickly became a star high-school basketball player for Thornwood High school Thunderbirds, earning such notable accolades and titles such as Adidas All American and being a Top 50 High-school Recruited Player. Buckley also played alongside fellow NBA players Eddy Curry, David Moss and Justin Williams. College Years After High school, Buckley went on to play college basketball for Purdue University and University of Southern Florida (USF). At USF, Buckley was in the Top 10 of most shooting categories (impressive stats having played only 2 years). Buckley graduated from USF at the age of 19 (grad year 2005) earning a double degree a Bachelors in English and Psychology. Music career After a brief stint playing professional basketball overseas, Buckley returned home due to a sever foot injury. At this time, he met and was discovered by JM of James Mark Entertainment who later went on to become his business partner and co-founder of ChiBoi Entertainment. With basketball being a distant fond memory, Buckley began to further pursue his other passion music. Since beginning a professional singing career in 2007, Mel Buckley has made major accomplishments in the music industry for an independent artist. His single “Sexasode” landed #77 on Billboard Top 100 Charts. Buckley landed a major international placement with his single “Paradise” on a “Best Of R&B” album distributed by Universal Music Group in Europe. Additionally, Buckley has recorded records with other Chicago notables including Shawna, Twista and Yung Berg. Other Business Ventures Buckley is currently the co-owner of ChiBoiEnt, which is an affiliate James Mark Entertainment. (James Mark Entertainment distributes JM Magazine; currently in over 12 countries) Reality TV Buckley was also a key character on the first basketball reality series “Preps” on Fox Discography *All I Want Is You (Released by Famous Records) *The Prelude Mixtape (available on Datpiff.com) *Chuck da deuce ft. Dorrough *Sexasode Rmx ft. Jae Millz and JM *Far Away ft. Twista All available on itunes 
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