{"id":108792,"date":"2016-08-04T12:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T10:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=108792"},"modified":"2016-08-04T12:38:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T10:38:30","slug":"video-the-28th-anniversary-of-yo-mtv-raps-the-very-first-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-the-28th-anniversary-of-yo-mtv-raps-the-very-first-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The 28th Anniversary Of Yo! MTV Raps &#8211; The Very First Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/35643246\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There may not be a more singularly recognized television channel as MTV, which launched on August 1, 1981. Originally formulated as an all-music outlet (MTV once stood for Music Television) devoted to airing videos, it eventually grew to include original programming and underwent a significant identity change in the 2000s. <\/p>\n<p>Now primarily known as a reality-television channel with very little music-centered programming, its status as a cultural icon has diminished but yesterday\u2019s milestone elicited no shortage of praise for the channel that quite literally changed the music industry for good.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/ambrosiaforheads.com\/2016\/08\/mtv-35-yo-mtv-raps-full-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\">ambrosiaforheads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-dig-of-the-day-pt-ii-yo-mtv-raps-documentary\/yo-mtv-raps-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Yo-MTV-Raps-1.jpg?fit=640%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,548\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon IXY DIGITAL 90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1241042074&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yo-MTV-Raps-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Yo-MTV-Raps-1.jpg?fit=540%2C462&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Yo-MTV-Raps-1.jpg?fit=640%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Yo-MTV-Raps-1.jpg?fit=640%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yo-MTV-Raps-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-90042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Yo-MTV-Raps-1.jpg?resize=540%2C462&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Yo-MTV-Raps-1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may not be a more singularly recognized television channel as MTV, which launched on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-siI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}