Yo! MTV Raps

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Yo! MTV Raps
Also known as	Yo!
Genre	Hip-hop music and culture
Created by	Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty
Directed by	Ted Demme Moses Edinborough
Presented by	Original series: Fab 5 Freddy Ed Lover Doctor Dré Revival series: T Money Conceited DJ Diamond Kuts
Theme music composer	Nigel Cox-Hagen Beau Tardy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	1,838
Production
Producers	Jac Benson II Todd 1 Ted Demme Theron "Tee Smif" Smith (Classic Cuts 2011)
Cinematography	Jeff Muhlstock
Editors	Rob Ortiz Glenn Lazzaro Rosanna Herrick
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Production companies	Revival series: HollandWest Productions Clockwork Post MTV Entertainment Studios
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	August 6, 1988 (1988-08-06) – August 17, 1995 (1995-08-17)
Network	Paramount+
Release	May 24 (2022-05-24) – July 12, 2022 (2022-07-12)
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Yo! MTV Raps is an American two-hour television music video program, which first aired on MTV Europe from 1987 to mid-90s and on MTV US from August 1988 to August 1995. The American version of the program (created by Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty) was the first hip hop music show on the network, and was based on the original MTV Europe show, which first aired one year before the American version. Yo! MTV Raps produced a mix of rap videos, interviews with rap stars, live in-studio performances (on Fridays), and comedy. The show also yielded a Brazilian version called Yo! MTV and broadcast by MTV Brasil from 1990 to 2005.