MC Melodee is a Dutch hip hop artist from the Netherlands, also known as Miriam Alexander. She works as a rapper, writer and performer, and is the co-founder of La Melodia with DJ and producer I.N.T.

La Melodia

La Melodia is an Amsterdam-based hip hop duo made up of MC Melodee and I.N.T. The group begins with the independent 12-inch single “Dough/For You” in 2004 and goes on to tour Europe with artists including Ohno, Percee P, Wildchild, Roc C and DJ Romes in 2005. It then signs to Handcuts Records/Universal Japan in 2006 and releases its debut album, Vibing High, in the Benelux on PIAS in 2007.

The duo also tours with a live band in 2008 and appears at festivals and shows in Europe and beyond, including North Sea Jazz, Sonar, Popkomm, Soul Nation and Cape Town Jazz. Later releases include the 7-inch “Chemistry b/w Working on it” on Record Breaking Music in 2010, the album Electronic Love on La Melodia Records, “Flirtatious ft. Louis Bordeaux” on AudioWear LP, and the independently released video for “Spaced Out” in 2012. Their music is described as soulful hip hop with electric funk elements and raw, hypnotic beats.

Solo work and collaborations

MC Melodee takes part in the European project Diversidad in 2009, joining a group of 20 rappers, beatmakers and DJs selected for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. This leads to appearances on the 2010 album The Experience and participation in a European tour in 2011.

During that tour she meets the Spanish production team Cookin’ Soul, and together they release “Check Out Melodee” in 2011, followed by “Cha Cha Cha 2011” and “Up In The Clouds” later that year. Cookin’ Soul also sets up her collaboration with Mac Miller on the song “Genius”. These tracks appear on the mixtape Check Out Melodee, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid and released on Dat Piff in 2012. The mixtape also features Mac Miller, Smiff N Wessum, Chuck Inglish, Ohno, Mucho Muchacho, Griffi and DJ Whoo Kid.

Broadcasting, education and club work

Outside recording and touring, MC Melodee leads a Peer Education Project and directs Dam Dutchess, a platform for female hip hop artists, based in Amsterdam. She also works in record stores and at Kindred Spirits Records in Amsterdam, and appears regularly as an MC in Dutch clubs such as Bitterzoet, Paradiso and Jimmy Woo, as well as at festivals including North Sea Jazz, Appelsap, Mysteryland, Latin Village and Valtifest.

She presents the weekly radio show Future Vintage Radio and hosts it on 3voor12 on 3FM until 2010.