Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

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.

5

42 min

Cast

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)

Director

Mimi Adams