You're Watching Video Music Box

You're Watching Video Music Box

120 mins | Documentary, Music | Dec. 3, 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 40 nearly years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.

You're Watching Video Music Box

120 mins | Documentary, Music | Dec. 3, 2021

You're Watching Video Music Box
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 40 nearly years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Showtime Networks, Mass Appeal
Original title You're Watching Video Music Box
Directors Nas
Writers Andre Wilkins, Steve Rivo

Cast

Nas

as Self

Ralph McDaniels

as Self

Wendy Williams

as Self

Sean Combs

as Self

Jay-Z

as Self

Fat Joe

as Self

Sway Calloway

as Self

Shaggy

as Self

50 Cent

as Self (archive footage)

Aaliyah

as Self (archive footage)

Yasiin Bey

as Self (archive footage)

Queen Latifah

as Self (archive footage)

The Notorious B.I.G.

as Self (archive footage)

Tupac Shakur

as Self (archive footage)

Mary J. Blige

as Self (archive footage)

Common

as Self (archive footage)

Lauryn Hill

as Self (archive footage)

DMX

as Self (archive footage)

Whitney Houston

as Self (archive footage)

Ice Cube

as Self (archive footage)

Ice-T

as Self (archive footage)

Lil' Kim

as Self (archive footage)

LL Cool J

as Self (archive footage)

Ludacris

as Self (archive footage)

Method Man

as Self (archive footage)

Da Brat

as Self (archive footage)

Kanye West

as Self (archive footage)

Foxy Brown

as Self (archive footage)

Bushwick Bill

as Self (archive footage)

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton

as Self (archive footage)

Doug E. Fresh

as Self (archive footage)

Will Smith

as Self (archive footage)

Beyoncé

as Self (archive footage)

Kelly Rowland

as Self (archive footage)

Michelle Williams

as Self (archive footage)

Tracy Morgan

as Self (archive footage)

Jamie Foxx

as Self (archive footage)