A hip-hop pioneer recently commemorated 40 years of broadcasting music videos on New York City’s airwaves. Numerous urban artists attended and performed at the event at Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park, while thanking VJ Ralph “Uncle Ralph” McDaniels for providing the much-needed visibility for their careers on his Video Music Box program.
“It’s the show that started it all and made it possible for me to get on at Yo MTV Raps,” said Ed Lover during a private sideline session. “God bless you, Ralph. Love you.”
The long-running show began at the Brooklyn home of Daniels in 1984, as an idea for bringing the fledgling hip-hop genre to the city.
At the anniversary celebration, house rocker Busy B performed some of his true skool era tracks, like “Rock the House” and “Suicide.” Nice & Smooth thanked Daniels before performing their synchronized rhyming/singing style with “Hip-Hop Junkees,” “Dwyck,” “Do You Wanna Get Funky?”
Harlemite G Dep performed several of…
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