Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)


  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release Date: 2012-06-07
  • User Rating: 2/10 from 0 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 42min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: VH1 Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mimi Adams
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Summary

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.

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  • 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 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 'Chilli' 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 'T-Boz' 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)
Directing Mimi Adams Director
Production Mimi Adams Supervising Producer
Production Lauren Lazin Executive Producer
Production Gillian Appleby Associate Producer
Editing Flynn McCaffrey Assistant Editor
Production Mimi Adams Producer
Editing Jeremy Kessler Editor
Production Fab 5 Freddy Consulting Producer
Production Rebecca Teran Producer

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