YO! MTV RAPS had their 20th Anniversary show this past week. If you remember YO! MTV RAPS then you're one of the lucky ones! Guest included Run DMC, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, Slick Rick, LL Cool J, Redman, EPMD, and 2Pac (and EVERY other artist who mattered). Other artists such as Jay-Z, Nas & Wu-Tang we're all introduced on a nation platform via the show. YO! MTV RAPS was the shit and should never have been cancelled in the first place. Then again, Hip-Hop has changed and if this show was still around MTV would fill it with the likes of Yung Joc, Chingy, D4L, and Soulja Boy - not quite the same.
Hosted by Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover, and Doctor Dre, YO! MTV RAPS debuted August 8th 1988. Because of the show, and probably for the first time, everyone from a kid living in a Detroit trailer park to the preppy kid in the Hollywood Hills got an unprecedented look inside Hip-Hop. Rap enthusiasts from around the country and the world were now able to see how their counterparts lived. YO! MTV RAPS took Hip-Hop from the underground to the living rooms of America.
Click HERE to go to the YO! MYV RAPS 20th Anniversary website which includes some of the illest photos, freestyles, videos and classic moments from the show - SHIT IS SUPER DOPE!
