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Directed by
Nas
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.
The story
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.
Cast
NasSelf
Ralph McDanielsSelf
Wendy WilliamsSelf
Sean CombsSelf
JAŸ-ZSelf
Darryl 'DMC' McDanielsSelf
Fat JoeSelf
Sway CallowaySelf
ShaggySelf
50 CentSelf (archive footage)
AaliyahSelf (archive footage)
Yasiin BeySelf (archive footage)
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Queen LatifahSelf (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G.Self (archive footage)
Tupac ShakurSelf (archive footage)
Mary J. BligeSelf (archive footage)
CommonSelf (archive footage)
Lauryn HillSelf (archive footage)
DMXSelf (archive footage)
Whitney HoustonSelf (archive footage)
Ice CubeSelf (archive footage)
Ice-TSelf (archive footage)
Lil' KimSelf (archive footage)
LL Cool JSelf (archive footage)
LudacrisSelf (archive footage)
Method ManSelf (archive footage)
Da BratSelf (archive footage)
YeSelf (archive footage)
Foxy BrownSelf (archive footage)
Bushwick BillSelf (archive footage)
Sandra 'Pepa' DentonSelf (archive footage)
Doug E. FreshSelf (archive footage)
Will SmithSelf (archive footage)
BeyoncéSelf (archive footage)
Kelly RowlandSelf (archive footage)
Michelle WilliamsSelf (archive footage)
Tracy MorganSelf (archive footage)
Jamie FoxxSelf (archive footage)
Chuck SchumerSelf
Michael BivinsSelf
Fred BuggsSelf
Chuck ChilloutSelf
Billy DanzeSelf
Ray DejonSelf
Ed DixonSelf
Willie GeistSelf
Ghostface KillahSelf
Sabrina GraySelf
Hakeem JeffriesSelf
Daymond JohnSelf
Yvonne M. LeeSelf
Lionel C. MartinSelf
Bryan McDanielsSelf
Evelyn McDanielsSelf
Kimberly McDaniels-RichardsonSelf
Ernie PaniccioliSelf
Large ProfessorSelf
RaekwonSelf
RakimSelf
Crazy SamSelf
Roxanne ShantéSelf
General SteeleSelf
Mike TysonSelf
Korey WiseSelf
Luther CampbellSelf
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