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December 3, 2021
2h 0m
Overview
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
SelfRalph McDaniels
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Wendy Williams
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Sean Combs
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JAŸ-Z
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Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
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Fat Joe
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Sway Calloway
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Shaggy
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50 Cent
Self (archive footage)
Aaliyah
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Yasiin Bey
Self (archive footage)
Queen Latifah
Self (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)
Tupac Shakur
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