September 7, 2023
DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince Win First Rap VMA – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:Sept. 6, 1989: The 1989 MTV Video Music Awards got a major overhaul in comparison to its previous years when new categories forBest Rap Video, Best Heavy Metal Video, Best Dance Video and Best Post-Modern Video were added to the show. On this day in 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (aka Will Smith) won the first-ever Best Rap Video award for their song, "Parents Just Don't Understand." This was the first year that rap videos were included in the award show, which went down in Los Angeles and was hosted by Arsenio Hall.The other nominees for Best Rap Video were Ice-T's "Colors,"...