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The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels’ archives — amassed over nearly 40 years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.
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The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels’ archives — amassed over nearly 40 years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.
Nas
Self
Ralph McDaniels
Self
Wendy Williams
Self
Sean Combs
Self
Jay-Z
Self
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
Self
Fat Joe
Self
Sway Calloway
Self
Shaggy
Self
50 Cent
Self (archive footage)
Aaliyah
Self (archive footage)
Yasiin Bey
Self (archive footage)
Queen Latifah
Self (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)
Tupac Shakur
Self (archive footage)
Mary J. Blige
Self (archive footage)
Common
Self (archive footage)
Lauryn Hill
Self (archive footage)
DMX
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston
Self (archive footage)
Ice Cube
Self (archive footage)
Ice-T
Self (archive footage)
Lil' Kim
Self (archive footage)
LL Cool J
Self (archive footage)
Ludacris
Self (archive footage)
Method Man
Self (archive footage)
Da Brat
Self (archive footage)
Kanye West
Self (archive footage)
Foxy Brown
Self (archive footage)
Bushwick Bill
Self (archive footage)
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
Self (archive footage)
Doug E. Fresh
Self (archive footage)
Will Smith
Self (archive footage)
Beyoncé
Self (archive footage)
Kelly Rowland
Self (archive footage)
Michelle Williams
Self (archive footage)
Tracy Morgan
Self (archive footage)
Jamie Foxx
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Schumer
Self
Michael Bivins
Self
Da Brat
Self
Fred Buggs
Self
Chuck Chillout
Self
Billy Danze
Self
Ray Dejon
Self
Ed Dixon
Self
Willie Geist
Self
Ghostface Killah
Self
Sabrina Gray
Self
Hakeem Jeffries
Self
Daymond John
Self
Yvonne M. Lee
Self
Lionel C. Martin
Self
Bryan McDaniels
Self
Evelyn McDaniels
Self
Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson
Self
Ernie Paniccioli
Self
Large Professor
Self
Raekwon
Self
Rakim
Self
Crazy Sam
Self
Roxanne Shanté
Self
General Steele
Self
Mike Tyson
Self
Korey Wise
Self
Luther Campbell
Self
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