Friday, June 27, 2008

KATC x Uncle Ralph McDaniels

Kix and the City recently did an interview with TV and Hip Hop pioneer Uncle Ralph McDaniels, creator of the legendary Video Music Box. Many of us know it simply as "The Box" and have a fond memory of our first Bone Thugs-N-Harmony video or tracking the East Coast West Coast rivalry through which videos were getting called in the most that day.

Uncle Ralph McDaniels is the original. Twenty five years ago Uncle Ralph McDaniels created the first ever urban music video program, Video Music Box. Video Music Box spawned the urban video music programming that we all take for granted today. If it were not for Video Music Box, programs like Yo MTV Raps, the Basement, 106 and Park, etc. may have never existed.

2008 marks the 25th Anniversary of Video Music Box. In celebration of the 25th anniversary, Uncle Ralph has planned 25 Video Music Box events, with the first taking place last weekend in Harlem NYC. At this kick-off event, DJ Clark Kent presented Uncle Ralph McDaniels with a gift, the "Video Music Box 25th Anniversary" Nike Air Force 1 Low.

In this video feature, Uncle Ralph McDaniels speaks on the history of Video Music Box and exclusively unveils the "Video Music Box 25th Anniversary" Nike Air Force 1 Low

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