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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- Released
- Production
- Mass Appeal, Showtime Networks
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Top Cast
Nas as Self
Ralph McDaniels as Self
Wendy Williams as Self
Sean Combs as Self
JAŸ-Z as Self
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels as Self
Fat Joe as Self
Sway Calloway as Self
Top Crew
Nas · Director
Steve Rivo · Writer
Andre Wilkins · Writer
Ethan Mills · Cinematographer
Lance Cain · Editor
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