About You're Watching Video Music Box
- Released on December 03, 2021
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.
Full Cast of You're Watching Video Music Box
Nas plays Self
Ralph McDaniels plays Self
Wendy Williams plays Self
Wendy Joan Williams is an American broadcaster, media personality, businesswoman, and writer. Since 2008, she has hos...
See Wendy Williams's other roles →Sean Combs plays Self
Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, or Didd...
See Sean Combs's other roles →Jay-Z plays Self
Darryl McDaniels plays Self
Fat Joe plays Self
Joseph Antonio Cartagena who goes by his stage name Fat Joe is an American rapper.
See Fat Joe's other roles →Sway Calloway plays Self
Shaggy plays Self
50 Cent plays Self (archive footage)
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper and actor...
See 50 Cent's other roles →Aaliyah plays Self (archive footage)
Yasiin Bey plays Self (archive footage)
Regarded as one of hip hop's most introspective and insightful artists, Yasiin Bey, known professionally as Mos Def, ...
See Yasiin Bey's other roles →Queen Latifah plays Self (archive footage)
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and s...
See Queen Latifah's other roles →The Notorious B.I.G. plays Self (archive footage)
Tupac Shakur plays Self (archive footage)
Mary J. Blige plays Self (archive footage)
From Wikipedia, Free Online Encyclopedia: Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, so...
See Mary J. Blige's other roles →Common plays Self (archive footage)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapp...
See Common's other roles →Lauryn Hill plays Self (archive footage)
DMX plays Self (archive footage)
Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 - April 9, 2021), better known by his stage name DMX, was an American rapper and acto...
See DMX's other roles →Whitney Houston plays Self (archive footage)
Ice Cube plays Self (archive footage)
O'Shea Jackson Sr., better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, actor, screenwri...
See Ice Cube's other roles →Ice-T plays Self (archive footage)
Tracy Morrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor. He w...
See Ice-T's other roles →Lil' Kim plays Self (archive footage)
LL Cool J plays Self (archive footage)
James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (acronym for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, ...
See LL Cool J's other roles →Ludacris plays Self (archive footage)
Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris, is an American rapper and acto...
See Ludacris's other roles →Method Man plays Self (archive footage)
Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971 in Staten Island, New York), better known by his stage name Method Man or Meth is ...
See Method Man's other roles →Da Brat plays Self (archive footage) , Self
Kanye West plays Self (archive footage)
Ye (born Kanye Omari West, June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. He...
See Kanye West's other roles →Foxy Brown plays Self (archive footage)
Bushwick Bill plays Self (archive footage)
Pepa plays Self (archive footage)
Doug E. Fresh plays Self (archive footage)
Will Smith plays Self (archive footage)
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. Known for variety of roles, Smith...
See Will Smith's other roles →Beyoncé plays Self (archive footage)
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981), often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American R&B and pop re...
See Beyoncé's other roles →Kelly Rowland plays Self (archive footage)
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer,songwriter, actress and television per...
See Kelly Rowland's other roles →Michelle Williams plays Self (archive footage)
Tracy Morgan plays Self (archive footage)
American actor, comedian and author Tracy Jamal Morgan is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Satur...
See Tracy Morgan's other roles →Jamie Foxx plays Self (archive footage)
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwri...
See Jamie Foxx's other roles →Chuck Schumer plays Self
Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from New York, a seat to ...
See Chuck Schumer's other roles →Michael Lamont Bivins plays Self
Michael Lamont Bivins was born on August 10, 1968 and is currently 55 years old.
See Michael Lamont Bivins's other roles →Fred Buggs plays Self
Luther Campbell plays Self
Chuck Chillout plays Self
Billy Danze plays Self
Ray Dejon plays Self
Ed Dixon plays Self
Willie Geist plays Self
Ghostface Killah plays Self
Sabrina Gray plays Self
Hakeem Jeffries plays Self
Daymond John plays Self
Daymond John (born February 23, 1969) is an American businessman, fashion designer, television personality and motiva...
See Daymond John's other roles →Yvonne M. Lee plays Self
Lionel C. Martin plays Self
Bryan McDaniels plays Self
Evelyn McDaniels plays Self
Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson plays Self
Ernie Paniccioli plays Self
Large Professor plays Self
Raekwon plays Self
Rakim plays Self
Crazy Sam plays Self
Roxanne Shanté plays Self
General Steele plays Self
Mike Tyson plays Self
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, competing from 1985 to 2005. He r...
See Mike Tyson's other roles →Korey Wise plays Self
Crew of You're Watching Video Music Box
Discover the backstage crew of You're Watching Video Music Box →- Nas
- Ralph McDaniels
- Wendy Williams
- Sean Combs
- Jay-Z
- Darryl McDaniels
- Fat Joe
- Sway Calloway
- Shaggy
- 50 Cent
- Aaliyah
- Yasiin Bey
- Queen Latifah
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- Tupac Shakur
- Mary J. Blige
- Common
- Lauryn Hill
- DMX
- Whitney Houston
- Ice Cube
- Ice-T
- Lil' Kim
- LL Cool J
- Ludacris
- Method Man
- Da Brat
- Kanye West
- Foxy Brown
- Bushwick Bill
- Pepa
- Doug E. Fresh
- Will Smith
- Beyoncé
- Kelly Rowland
- Michelle Williams
- Tracy Morgan
- Jamie Foxx
- Chuck Schumer
- Michael Lamont Bivins
- Fred Buggs
- Luther Campbell
- Chuck Chillout
- Billy Danze
- Ray Dejon
- Ed Dixon
- Willie Geist
- Ghostface Killah
- Sabrina Gray
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Daymond John
- Yvonne M. Lee
- Lionel C. Martin
- Bryan McDaniels
- Evelyn McDaniels
- Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson
- Ernie Paniccioli
- Large Professor
- Raekwon
- Rakim
- Crazy Sam
- Roxanne Shanté
- General Steele
- Mike Tyson
- Korey Wise