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
Ralph McDaniels
Wendy Williams
Sean Combs
Jay-Z
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
Fat Joe
Sway Calloway
Shaggy
50 Cent
Aaliyah
Yasiin Bey
Queen Latifah
The Notorious B.I.G.
Tupac Shakur
Mary J. Blige
Common
Lauryn Hill
DMX
Whitney Houston
Ice Cube
Ice-T
Lil' Kim
LL Cool J
Ludacris
Method Man
Da Brat
Kanye West
Foxy Brown
Bushwick Bill
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
Doug E. Fresh
Will Smith
Beyoncé
Kelly Rowland
Michelle Williams
Tracy Morgan
Jamie Foxx
Chuck Schumer
Michael Bivins
Da Brat
Fred Buggs
Chuck Chillout
Billy Danze
Ray Dejon
Ed Dixon
Willie Geist
Ghostface Killah
Sabrina Gray
Hakeem Jeffries
Daymond John
Yvonne M. Lee
Lionel C. Martin
Bryan McDaniels
Evelyn McDaniels
Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson
Ernie Paniccioli
Large Professor
Raekwon
Rakim
Crazy Sam
Roxanne Shanté
General Steele
Mike Tyson
Korey Wise
Luther Campbell