The pilot was one of the highest rated programs to ever air on MTV at that point.
& Rakim's video for the title track of the album Follow the Leader was the first video to be shown on Yo! MTV Raps. Also featured in the pilot were DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. The year after that, Run-DMC hosted the pilot episode in the US. & Rakim, EPMD or Ultramagnetic MCs were invited. Later N.W.A, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Ice-T, De La Soul, Eric B. In 1987, French journalist and producer Sophie Bramly developed the program Yo! for the then nascent MTV Europe and she hosted it. The Ed Lover Dance was performed to the track "The 900 Number" by The 45 King. On the weekday version dubbed, Yo! MTV Raps Today (which debuted on March 13, 1989), Ed Lover created his own dance called the Ed Lover Dance (which was typically featured on Wednesdays) that became somewhat popular in the 1990s. The original line-up of the show, starring only Fab as the host, premiered on MTV on August 6, 1988.
Fab 5 Freddy proceeded to host on weekends. Soon they were joined by Doctor Dre's Original Concept group member T Money. Later, the show's main host was Doctor Dré and Demme's high school friend, Ed Lover who both hosted together on weekdays. version was originally hosted by Fab 5 Freddy. 2.4 Censorship and declining popularity.2.1 Yo! MTV Raps and the spread of hip-hop.The show also yielded a Brazilian version called Yo! MTV and broadcast by MTV Brasil from 1990 to 2005. Yo! MTV Raps produced a mix of rap videos, interviews with rap stars, live in-studio performances (on Fridays), and comedy. 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 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. Theron "Tee Smif" Smith (Classic Cuts 2011) American television music video program Yo! MTV Raps
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