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