Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

42 minutes

6/7/2012

Overview

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.

Cast List

Fab 5 Freddy
as Self
Doctor Dré
as Self
Ed Lover
as Self
Moses Edinborough
as Self
Todd-1
as Self
Questlove
as Self
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
as Self
Bill Adler
as Self
Treach
as Self
Christopher Reid
as Self
Mark 'DJ Wiz' Eastmond
as Self
Rakim
as Self
Big Daddy Kane
as Self
Dan Charnas
as Self
Peter Dougherty
as Self
Doug Herzog
as Self
Big Boi
as Self
Rozonda Thomas
as Self
Joe Perota
as Self
Angela Yee
as Self
T-Money
as Self
Robert "E.S.T." Waller
as Self
Angela Carbonetti
as Self
Miss Info
as Self
Nelson George
as Self
Elliott Wilson
as Self
Sheri Howell
as Self
Parrish "PMD" Smith
as Self
Ted Demme
as Self (archive footage)
Will Smith
as Self (archive footage)
DJ Jazzy Jeff
as Self (archive footage)
Martha Quinn
as Self (archive footage)
Cheryl 'Salt' James
as Self (archive footage)
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
as Self (archive footage)
LL Cool J
as Self
Malcolm S. Forbes
as Self
Little Richard
as Self (archive footage)
Flavor Flav
as Self
Chuck D
as Self
Biz Markie
as Self
Tupac Shakur
as Self (archive footage)
Queen Latifah
as Self
Scarface
as Self
Bushwick Bill
as Self
Ice Cube
as Self
Eazy-E
as Self
Dr. Dre
as Self
MC Ren
as Self
DJ Yella
as Self
Ice-T
as Self
Mike Tyson
as Self
Eric B.
as Self
Tionne Watkins
as Self
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
as Self
Mary J. Blige
as Self
Chubb Rock
as Self
Kurt Loder
as Self
The Notorious B.I.G.
as Self (archive footage)
Snoop Dogg
as Self
KRS-One
as Self
Redman
as Self
Method Man
as Self
MC Delight
as Self
Jermaine Dupri
as Self
Da Brat
as Self
Dennis Hopper
as Self (archive footage)
Shaquille O'Neal
as Self
Spike Lee
as Self
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Self
Eddie Murphy
as Self
Bill Cosby
as Self
Mel Gibson
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Don King
as Self
Adam Yauch
as Self
Adam Horovitz
as Self
Michael Diamond
as Self
Q-Tip
as Self
Phife Dawg
as Self
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
as Self
B-Real
as Self
Sen Dog
as Self
DJ Muggs
as Self
Tariq Trotter
as Self
Malik Abdul-Basit
as Self
DJ Skribble
as Self (archive footage)
Fresh Kid Ice
as Self (archive footage)
Luther Campbell
as Self (archive footage)
Kid Frost
as Self (archive footage)
Slick Rick
as Self (archive footage)