Melvin Gregg: 7M Vine Followers, Snowfall’s Coldest Villain & Platform Shadow Bans
All The Smoke
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Melvin Gregg's journey from Vine star to Hollywood actor has given creators the blueprint for turning social media fame into a thriving career. Best known for his breakout role as Manboy on Snowfall, Gregg opens up about the financial sacrifices he made while on the show and shares behind-the-scenes stories about working with the legendary John Singleton. He also breaks down the difference between social media fame and acting fame, offers advice for content creators looking to transition into entertainment, and exposes the shady tactics platforms use to manipulate creator reach. Plus, Melvin reveals his unexpected passion for gardening and landscaping. And of course, Stak shoots his shot for an acting role yet again. Your time will come, Stak.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm Daniel Alarcon, and this is my friend. This is much more famous than I am. I wouldn't go that far, but I'm John Green. Co-hosted the podcast The Away End with my old friend Daniel. On our podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. Together, we'll find out why, |
| 0:22.6 | of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, |
| 0:25.7 | is the most important. |
| 0:27.0 | Listen to the away end with Daniel Auerkone and John Green |
| 0:30.0 | on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:32.5 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:36.1 | Welcome back, all the smoke. This is season five or six this is new six |
| 0:42.0 | hold up man we made it to six is it six and a half five and a half don't do that you look like |
| 0:49.3 | ashton doing that shit six seven shut your mother but we're here man we back with a new season i'm not sure what |
| 0:55.7 | season it is but uh we're here and man we got someone that i was i was i was happy to make this |
| 1:02.8 | this happen it almost didn't happen because we have some false information but we made it happen |
| 1:08.0 | i'm glad uh we're here jack being a fan. We ran into bro in the gym this |
| 1:12.8 | morning. Yeah. Yeah. And now we're now we're working together. But I'm welcome to show, Melvin. Great. |
| 1:17.6 | Appreciate it, man. Appreciate you. So social media superstar turn actor. Uh, you kind of got your start on Vine and Snowfall American Vandal. |
| 1:31.4 | You're on your newest role, the paper. |
| 1:33.7 | I mean, you got a lot of great shit going on. |
| 1:35.3 | Talk to us about your journey and what it's been like. |
| 1:38.7 | Start with Vine, I guess. |
| 1:40.5 | We'll get into before all that, but Vine kind of put you on the map and |
| 1:44.3 | it, your career took off. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. So I, um, I moved to LA to act and it was |
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