BET Cancelling “Rap City”
BET network has confirmed plans to cancel its long-running Hip-Hop series Rap City, effective by the end of this month.
Created by broadcasting veteran Alvin Jones in 1989, the video series chronicled Hip-Hop’s growing video music market, competing directly with Yo! MTV Raps.
The fledgling series was able to distinguish itself from its larger MTV competitor by not just focusing on mainstream rappers, but also championing videos and interviews from underground and up and coming artists.
Originally hosted by “The Mayor of Rap City” Chris Thomas for its first several years, Rap City’s “golden age” was 1994-1999, when the program was hosted by the colorful and knowledgeable duo of Joe Clair and Leslie Segar AKA Big Lez.
Read more about BET cancelling Rap City at Allhiphop.com
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s**t! 1st 106 & park gets uglyass rocsi instead of hotass free, then bet uncut was canceled and now no mo rap city? wtf is goin on with bet? damn, i guess hiphop really is dead. i dont know nuthin bout no chris thomas or joe clair or big lez but i was familiar with big tigger. what the hell ppl sposta do now? listen 2 metal or reminisce over old school rap? this s**t is dead wrong man.
Who cares? It was full of a bunch of garbage anyway!
In my oppinion we as a whole always 4 one reason r another cant stay firm on ? we work hard and believe n without retreating. Whenever sumthing is good the Devil always try 2 intercept. Instead of binding him up we Open him up.