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Documentary • Music
2012
42 minutes
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.
Release:
June 07, 2012
Original language:
English
Production country:
United States
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Fab 5 Freddy
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Doctor Dré
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Ed Lover
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Moses Edinborough
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Todd-1
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Questlove
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Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
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Bill Adler
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Treach
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Christopher Reid
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Mark 'DJ Wiz' Eastmond
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Rakim
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Big Daddy Kane
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Dan Charnas
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Peter Dougherty
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Doug Herzog
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Big Boi
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Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas
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Joe Perota
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Angela Yee
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T-Money
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Robert "E.S.T." Waller
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Angela Carbonetti
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Miss Info
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Nelson George
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Elliott Wilson
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Sheri Howell
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Parrish "PMD" Smith
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Ted Demme
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Will Smith
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DJ Jazzy Jeff
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Martha Quinn
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Cheryl 'Salt' James
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Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
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LL Cool J
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Malcolm S. Forbes
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Little Richard
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Flavor Flav
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Chuck D
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Biz Markie
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Tupac Shakur
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Queen Latifah
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Scarface
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Bushwick Bill
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Ice Cube
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Eazy-E
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Dr. Dre
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MC Ren
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DJ Yella
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Ice-T
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Mike Tyson
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Eric B.
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Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
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Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
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Mary J. Blige
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Chubb Rock
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Kurt Loder
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The Notorious B.I.G.
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Snoop Dogg
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KRS-One
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Redman
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Method Man
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MC Delight
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Jermaine Dupri
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Da Brat
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Dennis Hopper
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Shaquille O'Neal
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Spike Lee
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Jada Pinkett Smith
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Eddie Murphy
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Bill Cosby
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Mel Gibson
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James Brown
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Don King
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Adam Yauch
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Adam Horovitz
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Michael Diamond
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Q-Tip
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Phife Dawg
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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B-Real
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Sen Dog
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DJ Muggs
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Tariq Trotter
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Malik Abdul-Basit
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DJ Skribble
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Fresh Kid Ice
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Luther Campbell
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Kid Frost
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Slick Rick
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