Death of 'Yo! MTV Raps' Peter Dougherty marks classic hip hop's slow fade

Everybody knows of Tupac , most people know of MCA and some people know of J. Dilla , but not many know about Peter Dougherty, who died today at age 59 from a heart attack in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He was the behind-the-scenes figure who created " Yo! MTV Raps " in 1988, a visionary show that brought hip hop into the mainstream.
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