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