Yo! MTV Raps

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music television series television program

Yo! MTV Raps was a pioneering television program that brought hip hop music and culture to a mainstream global audience in the late 1980s and 1990s.

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Yo! MTV Raps (2018 revival) 1
Yo! MTV Raps (MTV Europe) 1
Yo! MTV Raps: 20th Anniversary 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music television series ⓘ
television program ⓘ
airedOn MTV Asia ⓘ
MTV ⓘ
surface form: MTV Europe

MTV Latin America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Peter Dougherty ⓘ
Ted Demme ⓘ
distribution cable television ⓘ
ended 1995 ⓘ
executiveProducer Ted Demme ⓘ
featuredArtist A Tribe Called Quest ⓘ
De La Soul ⓘ
Ice-T ⓘ
LL Cool J ⓘ
N.W.A ⓘ
Public Enemy ⓘ
Queen Latifah ⓘ
Run-D.M.C. ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
Tupac Shakur ⓘ
firstAired 1988-08-06 ⓘ
format live performances ⓘ
music videos ⓘ
studio interviews ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
music television ⓘ
host Doctor Dré ⓘ
Ed Lover ⓘ
Fab 5 Freddy ⓘ
T-Money ⓘ
influenced mainstream acceptance of hip hop on television ⓘ
subsequent hip hop television shows ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableSegment Ed Lover Dance ⓘ
originalHost Fab 5 Freddy ⓘ
originalNetwork MTV ⓘ
reboot Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yo! MTV Raps (2018 revival)
significance helped globalize hip hop culture ⓘ
pioneered mainstream television exposure for hip hop ⓘ
specialEpisode Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yo! MTV Raps: 20th Anniversary

Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yo! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary
spinOff Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yo! MTV Raps (MTV Europe)
subject hip hop culture ⓘ
rap music ⓘ
targetAudience hip hop fans ⓘ
youth ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ

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MTV → hasProgram → Yo! MTV Raps ⓘ
Yo! MTV Raps → reboot → Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yo! MTV Raps (2018 revival)
Yo! MTV Raps → specialEpisode → Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yo! MTV Raps: 20th Anniversary
Yo! MTV Raps → specialEpisode → Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yo! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary
Yo! MTV Raps → spinOff → Yo! MTV Raps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yo! MTV Raps (MTV Europe)