Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) MTV Offices/Studios 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. «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, […]

Rammellzee, the pioneering hip hop artist and "Wild Style" star whose ten-minute-plus 1983 record "Beat Bop" is still fresher than just about anything on the radio, has apparently died. His death was first announced on the Twitter page of hip-hop legend Fab Five Freddy, who would know.