“YO! MTV Raps” is getting a makeover, with fresh versions of the iconic hip-hop show launching around the world. The first of the reinvented “YO! MTV Raps” will launch in the U.K. later this month; ...

The reimagining of the innovative hip-hop show will premiere on May 24. The original version of Yo! MTV Raps was a showcase for rap and hip-hop artists and culture created by Peter Dougherty and Ted ...

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 ...

It's been over two decades since Yo! MTV Raps last aired on MTV but thirty years after its original premiere, the cable television network is bringing the series back as a linear and digital series ...

The ‘YO! MTV Raps’ reboot and classic episodes of the iconic Hip Hop show will be available to stream on Paramount Plus. The reboot hosted by battle rapper Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts will be ...

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!

The revival of the trailblazing hip-hop series YO! MTV RAPS will be hosted by legendary battle rapper Conceited and celebrated deejay DJ Diamond Kuts, according to Paramount+. The new worldwide ...

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 ...

Gen Z and even most Millennials are too young to remember when MTV played music. They came up in the YouTube era, where you can find any artist any time with a quick search instead of having to wait ...

The MTV show Yo! MTV Raps helped bring hip-hop into mainstream American culture in the 1980s and was made by a scrappy team in the face of a skeptical corporate network. For Jeffrey Allen Townes, the ...