Melvin Adams or better known by his stage name Fish Scales (or sometimes simply Scales) is a rapper. He is currently in the Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

-based quintet

Quintet

A quintet is a group containing five members.It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit....

 alternative southern rap group Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quintet that originated in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1995 and is best known for its hit single "Awnaw."...

. He attended Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier....

 between 1995 and 1997 on a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 scholarship. There he met William Hughes, Ronald Wilson, Vito Jermaine Tisdale, Ryan Anthony, and Brian Scott. They then formed the band Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots

Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quintet that originated in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1995 and is best known for its hit single "Awnaw."...

. He is married.

External links

• Nappy Roots official site
• 2009 SplatterTribe.TV Interview With Fishscales of Nappy Roots/40Akerz