Torrential

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.

Documentary Music

Fab 5 Freddy

(Self)

Doctor Dré

(Self)

Ed Lover

(Self)

Moses Edinborough

(Self)

Todd-1

(Self)

Questlove

(Self)

Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels

(Self)

Bill Adler

(Self)

Treach

(Self)

Christopher Reid

(Self)

Mark 'DJ Wiz' Eastmond

(Self)

Rakim

(Self)

Big Daddy Kane

(Self)

Dan Charnas

(Self)

Peter Dougherty

(Self)

Doug Herzog

(Self)

Big Boi

(Self)

Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas

(Self)

Joe Perota

(Self)

Angela Yee

(Self)

T-Money

(Self)

Robert "E.S.T." Waller

(Self)

Angela Carbonetti

(Self)

Miss Info

(Self)

Nelson George

(Self)

Elliott Wilson

(Self)

Sheri Howell

(Self)

Parrish "PMD" Smith

(Self)

Ted Demme

(Self (archive footage))

Will Smith

(Self (archive footage))

DJ Jazzy Jeff

(Self (archive footage))

Martha Quinn

(Self (archive footage))

Cheryl 'Salt' James

(Self (archive footage))

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

(Self (archive footage))

LL Cool J

(Self)

Malcolm S. Forbes

(Self)

Little Richard

(Self (archive footage))

Flavor Flav

(Self)

Chuck D

(Self)

Biz Markie

(Self)

Tupac Shakur

(Self (archive footage))

Queen Latifah

(Self)

Scarface

(Self)

Bushwick Bill

(Self)

Ice Cube

(Self)

Eazy-E

(Self)

Dr. Dre

(Self)

MC Ren

(Self)

DJ Yella

(Self)

Ice-T

(Self)

Mike Tyson

(Self)

Eric B.

(Self)

Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins

(Self)

Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes

(Self)

Mary J. Blige

(Self)

Chubb Rock

(Self)

Kurt Loder

(Self)

The Notorious B.I.G.

(Self (archive footage))

Snoop Dogg

(Self)

KRS-One

(Self)

Redman

(Self)

Method Man

(Self)

MC Delight

(Self)

Jermaine Dupri

(Self)

Da Brat

(Self)

Dennis Hopper

(Self (archive footage))

Shaquille O'Neal

(Self)

Spike Lee

(Self)

Jada Pinkett Smith

(Self)

Eddie Murphy

(Self)

Bill Cosby

(Self)

Mel Gibson

(Self (archive footage))

James Brown

(Self (archive footage))

Don King

(Self)

Adam Yauch

(Self)

Adam Horovitz

(Self)

Michael Diamond

(Self)

Q-Tip

(Self)

Phife Dawg

(Self)

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

(Self)

B-Real

(Self)

Sen Dog

(Self)

DJ Muggs

(Self)

Tariq Trotter

(Self)

Malik Abdul-Basit

(Self)

DJ Skribble

(Self (archive footage))

Fresh Kid Ice

(Self (archive footage))

Luther Campbell

(Self (archive footage))

Kid Frost

(Self (archive footage))

Slick Rick

(Self (archive footage))