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Yo! MTV Raps is an American two-hour television music video program, which first aired on MTV Europe from 1987 to mid-90s and on MTV US from August 1988 to August 1995. The American version of the program (created by Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty) was the first hip hop music show on the network, and was based on the original MTV Europe show, which first aired one year before the American version.
From 1989 to 1995, Doctor Dré and Ed Lover were the co-hosts of MTV's hip hop music program Yo! MTV Raps. Dré teamed up with Lover in the early 1990s to co-host a morning radio show during the re-launch of radio station Hot 97 in New York City. The duo starred in the 1993 film Who's the Man?, directed by Yo!
BET's Rap City, MTV's Yo! MTV Raps, as well as Ralph McDaniels' Video Music Box played the music video for "Case Of The P.T.A." on regular rotation. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. [3] On June 19, 1991, the group released their second single, "Sobb Story".
MTV Raps, which ultimately led to their collaborative debut single "How High". In 1999, the two rappers appeared together on "Rap Phenomenon" from The Notorious B.I.G. posthumous album Born Again . On May 7, 2009, in promotion for their second studio album, Method Man & Redman released a mixtape titled Lights Out , which was hosted by DJ Green ...
Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper.Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, [5] [6] [7] MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first female rapper to release a full solo album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.
Enrique DaSilva, better known by his stage name Breez Evahflowin, is a rapper based in New York.He is a founding member of the Stronghold rap collective. He was crowned the national grand champion of the Blaze Battle competition in 1999 sponsored by HBO and was 5 week battle champion on Yo!
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[citation needed] His career had modest beginnings—starting as a production assistant at MTV, he later became a producer in the On-Air Promotions Department and created the cable network's hip-hop show Yo! MTV Raps (with Peter Dougherty), and directed other projects for them, including the black-and-white rants starring then-unknown chain ...