The Air Melo Line of shoes is made by Nike

Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

, under the Air Jordan

Air Jordan

Air Jordan, also known simply as Jordans, are a brand of shoes and athletic apparel produced by Nike originally designed for and endorsed by NBA Hall of Famer and Six Time NBA Champion Michael Jordan. The Air Jordan line is now sold by the Jordan Brand subsidiary of Nike...

 brand. The Air Melo's are the signature shoes of NBA  star Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...

. Currently there are five different shoes out. The first two shoes made, the Air Jordan Melo 1.5, and the Air Jordan Melo 5.5, were not completely Carmelo's own design. They took other Air Jordan shoes and made them into an entirely new shoe.
The Air Jordan Melo 1.5's made an appearance in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, which Ned wanted after he found them in the Lost and Found.
The shoes sold so well that in 2006 Air Jordan decided to give Carmelo his very own shoe, with its very own design. The shoe is called the Air Melo M3. Carmelo Anthony's shoe sales are third only to the Air Jordan retro series and the Air Jordan XXII.For the 06-07 season Carmelo was given his 4th "Melo" shoe, the Melo M4. The shoe was his second signature shoe that went on his own design and not off any other type of Air Jordans. Carmelo Anthony has said that he will have a new signature shoe out called AIR MELO M5 RAD/SHARK, this was apart from the Air Jordan naming competition where Carmelo Anthony picked the name himself.