{"id":193700,"date":"2024-03-04T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=193700"},"modified":"2024-03-03T23:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T22:14:30","slug":"video-music-box-founder-ralph-mcdaniels-on-ctrl-alt-d-stroy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-music-box-founder-ralph-mcdaniels-on-ctrl-alt-d-stroy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Video Music Box&#8217; Founder Ralph McDaniels On &#8216;Ctrl-Alt D-Stroy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/88aZwMCd590?si=5Io_0GjKo0ekmhDI\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>D-Stroy<\/strong> hosted a very special guest on his \u201cCtrl-Alt D-Stroy\u201c show on <em>SiriusXM<\/em>. It was none other than<strong> Ralph McDaniels<\/strong>, the founder and curator of \u201cVideo Music Box\u201c, which is the first TV show to primarily feature Hip-Hop videos, and is going strong for more than 40 years. Listen to Uncle Ralph discuss his \u201cRoscoe Learns About Video Music Box\u201c learning book for children, meeting <strong>Russell Simmons<\/strong>, his father&#8217;s comic book store and more in this excerpt video by D-Stroy himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"193701\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-music-box-founder-ralph-mcdaniels-on-ctrl-alt-d-stroy\/ralph-mcdaniels-d-stroy-thumbnail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ralph McDaniels D-stroy thumbnail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?fit=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193701\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?resize=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ralph-McDaniels-D-stroy-thumbnail.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D-Stroy hosted a very special guest on his \u201cCtrl-Alt D-Stroy\u201c show on SiriusXM. 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