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Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Andre WilkinsWriter
• Steve RivoWriter
• NasDirector

Cast

• NasSelf
• Ralph McDanielsSelf
• Wendy WilliamsSelf
• Sean CombsSelf
• JAŸ-ZSelf
• Darryl 'DMC' McDanielsSelf
• Fat JoeSelf
• Sway CallowaySelf
• ShaggySelf
• 50 CentSelf (archive footage)
• AaliyahSelf (archive footage)
• Yasiin BeySelf (archive footage)

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