Yo! MTV Raps Debuts
BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #15: Yo! MTV Raps Debuts
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)
1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
When: August 6, 1988
What: The first nationally televised rap video show debuts on MTV with Eric B & Rakim’s “Follow the Leader.” Host Fab Five Freddy’s first guests were Salt-N-Pepa.
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