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Yo! MTV RAPS To Be Rebooted With
30th Anniversary Celebration
30th Anniversary Celebration
MTV REINVENTS "YO! MTV RAPS" ACROSS LINEAR AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS KICKING OFF WITH 30TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE EVENT AT BARCLAYS CENTER ON JUNE 1ST
Network Will Live Stream Event Featuring Eric B & Rakim, KRS ONE, Flavor Flav, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, T-Money, Fab Five Freddy, Fat Joe and more
New York, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Thirty years after its premiere on MTV, "YO! MTV Raps" legacy continues to have a lasting influence on hip-hop and pop culture. To celebrate this milestone anniversary, MTV will reinvent the franchise for a new generation as a both a linear and digital series across its platforms. To kick things off, show alumni, artists and fans will gather for the "YO! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience" on Friday, June 1st at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which will be live streamed by MTV.
After its debut on August 6th, 1988, "YO! MTV Raps" became the premiere source for all things hip-hop. The advent of the series was crucial to the rise of hip-hop, and created a worldwide appreciation of the genre, which has since become one of the most influential in mainstream music.
The "YO! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience" will bring together an all-star line-up of the series' alumni and hip-hop legends including Big Daddy Kane and the Juice Crew, Eric B & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions, Fat Joe, Yo-Yo, Onyx, EPMD, Flavor Flav, YBT Tap the bottle reunion, Black Sheep, DAS EFX, Special Ed, Pharcyde, Brand Nubian, Nice & Smooth, Melle Mel & The Furious Five, Kid Capri, DJ Skribble, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, T-Money and others for a night to remember.
The event will also feature special tribute videos from Eminem, Method Man, Redman and more.
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