He was a member of the pioneering old school hip hop group Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five with his brother Melle Mel.

In July 1977, Nate and his brother Melvin met Joseph Saddler, a local DJ who went by the name Grandmaster Flash.

[1] Two more MCs would join the group: Scorpio (originally Mr. Ness, aka Ed Morris) and Raheim (Guy Williams).

[3] In 2017, Glover was living in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx and had been working as a handyman and security guard in midtown Manhattan.

[3][4] According to security camera footage, on the night of August 2, 2017, he had a conversation with John Jolly, a local homeless man.