You're Watching Video Music Box (2021)

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.

Cast (66)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Nas

Self

R

Ralph McDaniels

Self

Wendy Williams

Self

Sean Combs

Self

JAŸ-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)

Ice Cube

Self (archive footage)

Ice-T

Self (archive footage)

Lil' Kim

Self (archive footage)

LL Cool J

Self (archive footage)

Ludacris

Self (archive footage)

Method Man

Self (archive footage)

Da Brat

Self (archive footage)

Ye

Self (archive footage)

Foxy Brown

Self (archive footage)

Bushwick Bill

Self (archive footage)

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

Self (archive footage)

Doug E. Fresh

Self (archive footage)

Will Smith

Self (archive footage)

Beyoncé

Self (archive footage)

Kelly Rowland

Self (archive footage)

Michelle Williams

Self (archive footage)

Tracy Morgan

Self (archive footage)

Jamie Foxx

Self (archive footage)

Chuck Schumer

Self

Michael Bivins

Self

Da Brat

Self

F

Fred Buggs

Self

C

Chuck Chillout

Self

B

Billy Danze

Self

R

Ray Dejon

Self

E

Ed Dixon

Self

Willie Geist

Self

Ghostface Killah

Self

Sabrina Gray

Self

Hakeem Jeffries

Self

Daymond John

Self

Y

Yvonne M. Lee

Self

L

Lionel C. Martin

Self

B

Bryan McDaniels

Self

E

Evelyn McDaniels

Self

K

Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson

Self

E

Ernie Paniccioli

Self

L

Large Professor

Self

Raekwon

Self

Rakim

Self

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