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The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels’ archives — amassed over nearly 40 years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.

Nas

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Ralph McDaniels

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Wendy Williams

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Sean Combs

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Jay-Z

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Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels

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Fat Joe

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Sway Calloway

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Shaggy

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50 Cent

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Aaliyah

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Yasiin Bey

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Queen Latifah

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The Notorious B.I.G.

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Tupac Shakur

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Mary J. Blige

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Common

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Lauryn Hill

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DMX

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Whitney Houston

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Ice Cube

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Ice-T

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Lil' Kim

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LL Cool J

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Ludacris

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Method Man

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Da Brat

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Kanye West

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Foxy Brown

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Bushwick Bill

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Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

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Doug E. Fresh

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Will Smith

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Beyoncé

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Kelly Rowland

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Michelle Williams

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Tracy Morgan

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Jamie Foxx

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Chuck Schumer

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Michael Bivins

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Da Brat

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Fred Buggs

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Chuck Chillout

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Billy Danze

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Ray Dejon

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Ed Dixon

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Willie Geist

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Ghostface Killah

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Sabrina Gray

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Hakeem Jeffries

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Daymond John

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Yvonne M. Lee

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Lionel C. Martin

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Bryan McDaniels

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Evelyn McDaniels

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Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson

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Ernie Paniccioli

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Large Professor

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Raekwon

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Rakim

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Crazy Sam

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Roxanne Shanté

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General Steele

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Mike Tyson

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Korey Wise

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Luther Campbell

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