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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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Nas

Self

Jay-Z

Self

Fat Joe

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)

Ye

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)

Da Brat

Self

Ed Dixon

Self

Raekwon

Self

Rakim

Self

Camera

Ethan Mills

Director of Photography

Directing

Nas

Director

Editing

Lance Cain

Editor

Production

Ralph McDaniels

Executive Producer

Mimi Valdés

Executive Producer

Writing

Steve Rivo

Writer

Camera

Ethan Mills

Director of Photography

Directing

Nas

Director

Editing

Lance Cain

Editor

Production

Ralph McDaniels

Executive Producer

Mimi Valdés

Executive Producer

Writing

Steve Rivo

Writer