Yo! MTV Raps

Overview

Yo! MTV Raps is a two-hour American television music video program, which ran from August 1988 to August 1995 through its original Yo! MTV Raps name and later by Yo!. The program was the first hip hop music show on the network, based on the original MTV Europe show, aired one year earlier. Yo! MTV Raps produced a lively mix of rap videos, interviews with rap stars, live in studio performances and comedy. The show also yielded a brazilian version called Yo! MTV and broadcast by MTV Brasil from 1990 to 2005.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

March 16, 2019

Last aired

September 28, 2019

Episodes

8

Network

MTV, MTV2

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German, English

Production

MTV Networks

Creators

Peter Dougherty, Ted Demme

Homepage

Official site