Considered the greatest rap beef of all time, Jay-Z vs. Nas played out over years and produced iconic diss tracks like "Takeover" and "Ether." ...

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On New Year’s Day 2026, a rumor spread across the internet that the historic MTV cable network had finally gone dark. It wasn’t exactly true, but like an old urban legend it seemed like it could, or ...

Call it the day the music died. On December 31, 2025, MTV’s last music-only stations shut down forever . The last video played on MTV Music in the U.K. was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles ...

In 1989, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince received the first-ever rap Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for their track, “Parents Just Don’t Understand”. Since then, the genre has grown ...

The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says it’s an antidote to the algorithms. By David Browne Like many who’d grown ...

An old-school MTV experience has made its way onto the Internet (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) MTV Rewind streams 35,000+ classic music videos, bypassing ads, algorithms, and logins ...

The Paramount mogul is seeking a strategic partner for the cable channel as it figures out a plan to revive the once-iconic brand. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Can MTV bring the music back? David ...

It’s been an eventful week for MTV-related news, which, when you consider the channel’s declining relevance over the years, is news in itself. First came the widespread rumors that MTV had shuttered ...

Paramount Skydance Corp. is looking to revive MTV — and it wants the music industry’s help. Paramount has spoken with several major companies and leading music industry figures about acquiring a stake ...

At the very end of 2025, a quiet but seismic shift marked the true end of an era: MTV officially shut down its remaining 24-hour music video channels worldwide. For many fans, that closure felt ...