You're Watching Video Music Box
Nas2021-12-03
6.4
120 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Nas | Self | Unowned |
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Ralph McDaniels | Self | Unowned |
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Wendy Williams | Self | Unowned |
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Sean Combs | Self | Unowned |
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Jay-Z | Self | Unowned |
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Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels | Self | Unowned |
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Fat Joe | Self | Unowned |
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Sway Calloway | Self | Unowned |
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Shaggy | Self | Unowned |
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50 Cent | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Aaliyah | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Yasiin Bey | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Queen Latifah | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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The Notorious B.I.G. | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Tupac Shakur | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mary J. Blige | Self (archive footage) | The Free Refills |
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Common | Self (archive footage) | Goutbreak |
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Lauryn Hill | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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DMX | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Whitney Houston | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ice Cube | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ice-T | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Lil' Kim | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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LL Cool J | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ludacris | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Method Man | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Da Brat | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Kanye West | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Foxy Brown | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bushwick Bill | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Sandra 'Pepa' Denton | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Doug E. Fresh | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Will Smith | Self (archive footage) | Calvin and Nobbs |
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Beyoncé | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Kelly Rowland | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Michelle Williams | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Tracy Morgan | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jamie Foxx | Self (archive footage) | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Chuck Schumer | Self | Unowned |
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Michael Bivins | Self | Unowned |
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Da Brat | Self | Unowned |
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Fred Buggs | Self | Unowned |
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Chuck Chillout | Self | Unowned |
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Billy Danze | Self | Unowned |
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Ray Dejon | Self | Unowned |
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Ed Dixon | Self | Unowned |
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Willie Geist | Self | Unowned |
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Ghostface Killah | Self | Unowned |
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Sabrina Gray | Self | Unowned |
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Hakeem Jeffries | Self | Unowned |
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Daymond John | Self | Unowned |
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Yvonne M. Lee | Self | Unowned |
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Lionel C. Martin | Self | Unowned |
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Bryan McDaniels | Self | Unowned |
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Evelyn McDaniels | Self | Unowned |
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Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson | Self | Unowned |
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Ernie Paniccioli | Self | Unowned |
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Large Professor | Self | Unowned |
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Raekwon | Self | Unowned |
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Rakim | Self | Unowned |
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Crazy Sam | Self | Unowned |
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Roxanne Shanté | Self | Unowned |
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General Steele | Self | Unowned |
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Mike Tyson | Self | Unowned |
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Korey Wise | Self | Unowned |
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Luther Campbell | Self | Unowned |