Ralph McDaniels popularized the shout-out. His show Video Music Box debuted in 1983 on the New York television station WNYC-TV and airs to this day on WNYE-TV, making it the longest-running music ...

Before Hip-Hop went corporate, it was raw, risky and real. Ralph McDaniels opens up about shootouts, unseen Jay-Z moments, Young Diddy and why Video Music Box survived it all. Holding a microphone on ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. And one of the most important people to bring the music to the masses is Ralph McDaniels. Uncle Ralph, as some people affectionately call him, started ...

Video Music Box is an American music television program. The series is the first to feature hip hop videos primarily. Created in 1983 by Ralph McDaniels, it was one of the most influential television ...

Video Music Box veteran and comedy club owner/promoter Ray DeJon has died at the age of 63. The New York City native died on the eve of what would have been his 64th birthday, July 15. Details on how ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It's a big move toward racial justice in New York State amid plans for a new commission tasked with researching the generational harm from slavery. In an effort to acknowledge the ...

Comedian, Video Music Box veteran, and esteemed comedy club owner and promoter Ray DeJon has died. The New York City native passed away on July 15, just one day shy of his 64th birthday, according to ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary, “Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout ...

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live in the UK went out just as the original music video channel began: with the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star." ...

Grunge music was a dominant sound in the 1990s. These are three of the strangest grunge music videos of the 90s.