Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

5.0

A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers of many of today’s hip hop superstars, while simultaneously making groundbreaking strides in introducing hip hop to the mainstream.

Discover

Fab 5 Freddy

Self

Doctor Dré

Self

Ed Lover

Self

Moses Edinborough

Self

Todd-1

Self

Questlove

Self

Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels

Self

Bill Adler

Self

Treach

Self

Christopher Reid

Self

Mark 'DJ Wiz' Eastmond

Self

Rakim

Self

Big Daddy Kane

Self

Dan Charnas

Self

Peter Dougherty

Self

Doug Herzog

Self

Big Boi

Self

Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas

Self

Joe Perota

Self

Angela Yee

Self

T-Money

Self

Robert "E.S.T." Waller

Self

Angela Carbonetti

Self

Miss Info

Self

Nelson George

Self

Elliott Wilson

Self

Sheri Howell

Self

Parrish "PMD" Smith

Self

Ted Demme

Self (archive footage)

Will Smith

Self (archive footage)

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Self (archive footage)

Martha Quinn

Self (archive footage)

Cheryl 'Salt' James

Self (archive footage)

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

Self (archive footage)

LL Cool J

Self

Malcolm S. Forbes

Self

Little Richard

Self (archive footage)

Flavor Flav

Self

Chuck D

Self

Biz Markie

Self

Tupac Shakur

Self (archive footage)

Queen Latifah

Self

Scarface

Self

Bushwick Bill

Self

Ice Cube

Self

Eazy-E

Self

Dr. Dre

Self

MC Ren

Self

DJ Yella

Self

Ice-T

Self

Mike Tyson

Self

Eric B.

Self

Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins

Self

Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes

Self

Mary J. Blige

Self

Chubb Rock

Self

Kurt Loder

Self

The Notorious B.I.G.

Self (archive footage)

Snoop Dogg

Self

KRS-One

Self

Redman

Self

Method Man

Self

MC Delight

Self

Jermaine Dupri

Self

Da Brat

Self

Dennis Hopper

Self (archive footage)

Shaquille O'Neal

Self

Spike Lee

Self

Jada Pinkett Smith

Self

Eddie Murphy

Self

Bill Cosby

Self

Mel Gibson

Self (archive footage)

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Don King

Self

Adam Yauch

Self

Adam Horovitz

Self

Michael Diamond

Self

Q-Tip

Self

Phife Dawg

Self

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Self

B-Real

Self

Sen Dog

Self

DJ Muggs

Self

Tariq Trotter

Self

Malik Abdul-Basit

Self

DJ Skribble

Self (archive footage)

Fresh Kid Ice

Self (archive footage)

Luther Campbell

Self (archive footage)

Kid Frost

Self (archive footage)

Slick Rick

Self (archive footage)

Directing

Mimi Adams

Director

Editing

Flynn McCaffrey

Assistant Editor

Jeremy Kessler

Editor

Production

Mimi Adams

Supervising Producer

Lauren Lazin

Executive Producer

Gillian Appleby

Associate Producer

Rebecca Teran

Producer

Mimi Adams

Producer

Fab 5 Freddy

Consulting Producer

Directing

Mimi Adams

Director

Editing

Flynn McCaffrey

Assistant Editor

Jeremy Kessler

Editor

Production

Mimi Adams

Supervising Producer

Lauren Lazin

Executive Producer

Gillian Appleby

Associate Producer

Rebecca Teran

Producer

Mimi Adams

Producer

Fab 5 Freddy

Consulting Producer