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Status
Released
Release
2021
Runtime
2h
Available options inUS
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.
66 Cast Members
Nas
Self
Ralph McDaniels
Self
Wendy Williams
Self
Sean Combs
Self
Jay-Z
Self
Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels
Self
Fat Joe
Self
Sway Calloway
Self
Shaggy
Self
50 Cent
Self (archive footage)
Aaliyah
Self (archive footage)
Yasiin Bey
Self (archive footage)
Queen Latifah
Self (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)
Tupac Shakur
Self (archive footage)
Mary J. Blige
Self (archive footage)
Common
Self (archive footage)
Lauryn Hill
Self (archive footage)
DMX
Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston
Self (archive footage)
