Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Dougherty, an MTV stalwart who helped develop the music TV network’s influential hip-hop show Yo! MTV Raps, died from a ...

Thirty years ago today, hip-hop began its journey to mainstream dominance through a show called Yo! MTV Raps. MTV staffers Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty (both now deceased), white boys who loved ...

It’s June 1, and Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav stands on Brooklyn’s Barclay Center stage, triumphant after bringing the house down with “I Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man” and “911 is a Joke.” He takes a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this year, MTV announced it was rebooting Yo! MTV Raps, the network's classic showcase for all things hip-hop from 1988 to ...

In the 1980s, MTV revolutionized the way people listened to music, and the channel was the place to see the latest and greatest videos -- so long as it was rock and pop. Because, by the end of its ...

Groundbreaking hip-hop show Yo! MTV Raps will return to TV for one night only next month. MTV will broadcast retrospective Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts on its MTV2 station on December 4. What to Read ...

One of the most important music shows of the late '90s and early 2000s is making a comeback to television. ViacomCBS announced that "Yo! MTV Raps" is making its debut on our TV screens through ...

On June 1st, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center will play host to a family reunion of sorts with the Yo! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience, a tribute to the instantly popular, era-defining music video ...

Once upon a time, back before we all had supercomputers in our pockets but after video killed the radio star, the place to go to learn more about the then-nascent music and culture of hip-hop was Yo!