SUMMERS: "Yo! MTV Raps" would be on the air for the next seven years until August 1995 after the network had started to deemphasize music videos. For DJ Jazzy Jeff, those years were crucial for ...

Back in the day, when MTV was still a resource for new music, one of the best shows was Yo! MTV Raps. A mix of music videos, live performances and interviews, from 1988 - 1995, Yo! MTV Raps was ...

With new hosts DJ Diamond ... nudging MTV folks since around 2014 and vividly remembers the day his dream came to fruition. “I got the call, like, ‘Yo, we wanna bring back Yo! MTV Raps and ...

MTV Raps is coming back with a bang. A newly revamped YO! MTV Raps, produced by MTV Entertainment Studios with co-hosts Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts, is set to premiere May 24 on Paramount+.

Thirty years ago today, hip-hop began its journey to mainstream dominance through a show called Yo! MTV Raps. MTV staffers Ted ... hip hop — the MCs, the DJ, and the beat. Mics, turntables ...

Gen Z and even most Millennials are too young to remember when MTV played ... s rap cypher in the form of a dance cypher. The show features new artists through a segment called YO!

The return of “Yo! MTV Raps” now has a premiere date ... The new iteration of the show will feature hosted segments from Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts, live performances, cyphers and lifestyle ...

DJ Premier will be at the decks to remix the Yo! MTV Raps theme song. Yo! MTV Raps originally aired from August 1988 to August 1995 before being renamed Yo!. The show was axed in 1999.

the place to go to learn more about the then-nascent music and culture of hip-hop was Yo! MTV Raps (at least for those of us outside the New York tri-state area). Airing in the US from 1988 to ...

“The actual star of the show is the Yo! MTV Raps brand and all the iconic groups that either started their career or got their mainstream light through that show,” says DJ Skribble, one of the ...

Stettler, along with “YO! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience” co-producers Blue Williams, Matthew Kemp, Sal Abbatiello and DJ Skribble, helped usher in the hip-hop mainstream revolution.

“Yo! MTV Raps” is back. The legendary hip-hop series ... featuring hosted segments from renowned battle rapper Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts. Episodes will also include live performances ...