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August 6, 1988. One television special changed the entire trajectory of hip-hop culture. Yo! MTV Raps premiered as a one-time event — and the ratings were so overwhelming that MTV greenlit a weekly series almost immediately. Suddenly, LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, and the culture that radio refused to touch was being broadcast into living rooms ...
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