Yo! MTV Raps

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Yo! MTV Raps was an emission of two hours American music which was diffused of August 1988 in August 1995. The emission (created by Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty) was the first show Hip-Hop on the network. Presented by Doctor DRE (not to be confused with the ex- N.W.A. Dr. DRE), ED To coil and Fab 5 Freddy it began on MTV on August 6th, 1988.

Pilot emission

The group Run-DMC presented the pilot emission. Were also present at the time of the pilot, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. The clip of Eric B. Rakim, Follow the Leader, was the first clip diffused in Yo! MTV Raps . The pilot made the best goes down for hearing ever established on MTV at that time. There were only the Video Music Award and the Live Aid to make more audience.

The version weekend and the version week

Moreover, in the emission appeared of the interviews of star of the rap, the showcases studio into live of Friday and the sketches. At the beginning, the emission was diffused only once per week, but extended to six days per week whereas popularity was growing. Initially, Yo! MTV Raps was diffused only the weekend (presented by Fab 5 Freddy), but became sufficiently popular to guarantee a daily diffusion (presented by ED To coil, Doctor DRE like by T-Money and Todd-1). ED To coil and Doctor DRE did not even know itself before being committed by MTV to present the daily version of the emission in 1989.

The version weekend of Yo! MTV Raps, presented by Fab 5 Freddy lasted two hours. The version week, presented by ED To coil and Doctor DRE lasted, it, one hour and was renamed Yo! MTV Raps Today . In general, the emission of the weekend, presented by Fab 5 Freddy, was turned outside and Freddy interviewed a special guest per week there. The emission of Ed/Dre, the week, was turned in studio with New York.

" Down with MTV"

Naughty by Nature (NBN) was one of the most popular artists who passed in Yo! MTV Raps. When MTV started its promotion campaign " down with MTV" in 1992, the enormous success which was " O.P.P. " NBN was used as a basis musical.

Censure and drops by audience

The audiences dropped after from the antenna in 1991 the clip of Public Enemy " was withdrawn; By the time I get to ARizona" complaining that this one was too violent. Yo! MTV Raps was also to two finger to refuse the diffusion of the clip of Cypress Hill, " How I Could Just Kill has Man ". It was only after the intervention of the vice-president of the department development Music & Artist, Sheri Howell, that MTV changed opinion. From 1993, MTV did not program Yo! MTV Raps that once per week, during two hours, Friday after midnight.

End of Yo!

The last of Yo! MTV Raps took place on August 17th, 1995. The last was memorable from the session freestyle which enclosed it and the number of stars of the HipHop scene to have taken part there. Salt-N-Peppa was characterized by its passage at the time of the first (more precisely the first emission presented by Fab 5 Freddy) and the last of Yo! MTV Raps.

From 1996 to 1999, MTV renamed it quite simply Yo!. The renamed version by far was stripped much. In the place of Fab 5 Freddy, ED To coil and Doctor DRE, Yo! was presented by guests known once per week. From 1998, Yo! did not have any more invited presenters and became a one hour late emission each Friday in the night. It was presented by Angie Martinez and Fatman Scoop systematically.

In 2000, the HipHop emission on MTV became Direct Effect, known since 2006 under the name of Sucker Free. It is diffused three times per week towards 19:00 and is one of the rare emissions of video clip on MTV with the diffusions of clip of the night and the small hour and Total Request Live. Indeed MTV continues to concentrate on the not-video emissions musical and more especially on the emissions of TV-reality (sic).

Compete with

In January 1989, former rival Study Bureau was posed as a challenger when it created Rap City (a two hours emission also). Today (April 2007), this emission is that which at the more long life of life with 18 years of existence.

Strong moments

Once, ED To coil and Doctor DRE replaced with the foot raised the other Dr. DRE and Snoop Doggy Dog at the time of a concert. Dr. DRE and Snoop Dogg had missed their plane. Result: the two presenters sang " Deep Cover" into live in their place (while at the same time ED To coil did not know all the words).
At the time of a passage of MC Hammer (accompanied by Fab 5 Freddy), one of the danceuse one that Hammer had auditioned was certain a Jennifer Lopez.
In 1993, during an interview of Tupac Shakur and of the realizer of Poetic Justice John Singleton, Shakur clearly admitted in front of the camera having attacked the brothers Hughes, who had not retained Shakur for a role in their film Menace II Society. Finally, the interview had provided all the evidence necessary (considering there was no direct witness of the aggression) to condemn Shakur to 15 days of prison. At the time of the consent face camera of Shakur, ED To coil tried to retain it before Shakur does not say anything more shocking or accusing.
In 1993, Fab 5 Freddy, made an interview of which the atmosphere was pariculièrement heavy with The Leaders off the New School. What made the atmosphere so heavy was the behavior of a member of the group, Charlie Brown, which one said that the growing popularity of another member, Busta Rhymes, aggravated it more and more. In addition, Leaders Off the New School, were to separate their appearance in Yo shortly after! MTV Raps in 1993.
At the time of an episode in 1995 (the last year of Yo! MTV Raps), a Ol' Dirty Bastard obviously drunk succeeded in spite of very releasing a freestyle, even after ED To coil tried to stop it. ODB with surely due returning to its spirits because it then required of ED To coil what it had just said.

See Too

External bonds

Jump The Shark - " Yo! MTV Raps"
VH1 Goes Inside "Yo! MTV Raps"
Diesel Nation: Yo! MTV Raps
Hip-Hop' S Greatest TV Moments - Yo! MTV Raps
Station Identification (VIBE Online)
Yo! MTV Raps England Website

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