Ed Lover Kept His Security Guard Job while Hosting Yo! MTV Raps, Only Made $500 a Week (Part 2)

[@daviddiaz529]

$500 a week in 1988 was about $1100 a week, $4,400 a month, $52,800 a year. Add the actual work day(1hr), connections, etc. That's a good hustle.

[@bboy1481]

Was a little more than that in 88

[@ofacekillah]

Exactly!

[@july713x3]

$500 a well is @ little over 2k a month. Which is abt $24k a year, given a month can have a few days over a month, maybe 25k.

[@elbowgang9715]

@@july713x3 you must've missed the inflation and cost of living changes he accounted for in his math

[@july713x3]

@@elbowgang9715 yeah I did. Feeling disassociated today. Like I smoked weed but I can assure u I did not. Best.

[@MrShawnuff]

Yall have to understand, not everyone had cable back then either.

[@ApexLevelGaming]

Shitttt! A friend of the family had cable back then late 80's and he lived in Lithonia,GA when it was mostly woods.

[@teezee1000]

Cable was a luxury luxury expense...lol. If the money got funny, that was always the first to go...lol

[@harrydaloc9112]

I didn’t even have internet till 05 😭😂

[@kaylean39]

@@harrydaloc9112 same... we got it 04/05 😂🤣

[@TheNumbasign2]

I did

[@druhye]

500 dollars a week to a quarter million a year wow when you put in that work great things happen

[@JayWerx]

And 250k in the early 90s is like a million now

[@juanboss560]

They split the $250K

[@LastBref]

"when you put in that work great things happen" ^In some cases that's true, but in many other cases, hard work is not rewarded.

[@AntTurner]

@@JayWerx No its not, more like 400k

[@godofthisshit]

@@AntTurner Inflation wise, but money and cost of living was different.

[@JeromeGigante]

500$ was GOOD money at those times! , If you was an adult or young adult in those times then you KNOW! ... it was ending of the REGAN era & everything was low income 🗣

[@mr.tooyou1320]

Facts

[@ispeakmucho]

I was a kid in the 80s but I remember what rent looked like and with 500$ could cover that, depending on where in the city you lived. Considering the cost of a NYC 1 bdrm in 2020, that would be like getting nearly 2k a week.

[@thomasnelson213]

That's why the wanted contracts for a long time. They wasn't bout to quit, they wanted to secure that, they just didn't know what they was worth cause once they got representation they was making 4807 a week and that was back then!

[@bsmith161380]

I remember when Ed was security guard at Andrew Jackson H.S,with Mrs creech. Salute.

[@vladtv]

whoa

[@realdealneighborhood2023]

@@vladtv how do I get on the show

[@jon70082]

@Detroit s Finest vlads burner acc

[@luchionooj]

@Detroit s Finest he is

[@JeromeGigante]

@@luchionooj 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mayzilla1174]

Being a Metal and Hip Hop fan as a kid i watched HeadbangersBall and YO! MTV Raps all the time.....good times

[@omaraguilar2182]

You took it back fuck....sucka free Sunday 2

[@cross7387]

120 minutes. Hip hop fan here I no so many rock/heavy metal songs because of mtv enter sandman is my favorite rock song

[@mayzilla1174]

@@cross7387 MTV was the shit back then.....there was something 4 everybody and you could always discover new exciting music, artists and bands

[@Willie-C]

Who remembers the rock n jock basketball and softball games ?

[@cross7387]

@@Willie-C yes and LIQUID TV

[@theDavidChannel1]

It's funny how appreciative Ed Lover sounds about everything but Doctor Dre sounds mad resentful lol

[@Blackfeet]

It's due to the fact that Doctor Dre can't read the KZbin comments. Everyone knows the best part about KZbin is reading the fuckery in the comments section and now he's blind and salty because of it. You can't eat burgers, fries and drink soda everyday and expect to be in good health at 60 to read the comments online.

[@minorsnow5306]

Dre has had more rougher times afterwards...it happens

[@LQueFitz]

Different perspectives

[@cwillie1492]

Plus Dre had impact in other ways in hip hop than Ed. He feels he never got respect. He’s hurt.

[@Blackfeet]

@@juniord3997 He has no one to feel sorry for but himself for putting his own body in that condition. Now he'll never see this KZbin thread of comments but he can be our cautionary tale to get your health right by the age of 30. This guy was Big Pun's size at one point. Shameful.

[@gcforreal]

I miss him doing the c'mon son! On KZbin back in the day

[@ghost1fl]

Yea he should bring that back

[@littv7509]

But because of this sensitive assed society, he wouldn't be able to do it nowadays.

[@gcforreal]

@@littv7509 yeah so many ppl would be trying to actually beef with him .. it was essentially donkey of the day before breakfast club

[@dgrace27]

Man I forgot about that haha.

[@Antoinedunaway]

I love when hip hop legends come on the show

[@ADG.Est.1988]

Thanks for this interview. And the gentleman conducting the interview did a great job

[@coreyjenkins3056]

Never missed an episode!!! I loved to see the Classic Ed Lover Dance!!! 🤜🏿🤛🏿⚓❤️

[@lburgess420]

Time to rewatch Who's the Man

[@cwillie1492]

I wished Ed got more acting gigs. Funny and talented guy.

[@jdnwritingmachine]

We need those JOE CLAIR and BIG LEZ interviews, Vlad !

[@anthonyrosati8707]

wow those was the good ol days can u believe it MTV ACTUALLY PLAYED MUSIC!!! (music television) not anymore now they play im pregnant at 10 and teen mom catfish they show everything but videos bring back the old school platform id actually watch that station again mad respect Ed Lover

[@phonkyfeel1]

Love you man! Thanks for giving us your beautiful soul!!

[@hoodratpat5228]

I hope you ask and I hope he answers truthfully what Eazy-E whispered in his ear

[@4LP3E]

I heard I’ll knock ur ass out

[@TheWickedArcade]

Yes!

[@jayagainsthumanity]

He didn’t answer it.

[@videsjlv]

500 a week was like 1200 to us back then. That's good.

[@AntTurner]

Not really, MTV was making millions a week off of that show. Very disrespectful for them not to have a contract within the first year of the biggest rap show

[@jacobbrock7192]

@@AntTurner it wasn't that big in the first year It kept growing over the year's an it was the only rap show on back then

[@AntTurner]

@@jacobbrock7192 "biggest" and he said first 2 years. This is not a debate, i know the money these TV/ Movie companies make. 500 a week is a slap in the face.

[@kevinlewis8162]

@@AntTurner you're 100% correct here! i'm a 45 year old duth guy, and that show and ed lover is a big part of rap history and watched this in holland, that was the era i loved hip-hop, and 500$ is peanuts ....i hope he made at least 10x more the next year of that show !?

[@BobFosterMedia]

You can make that working in a warehouse or something these days. For someone on TV at the height of MTV popularity, that's nothing.

[@FaisalSheikh82]

I hope they asked him about the infamous Eazy-E incident.

[@juanboss560]

Even if they do I guarantee he's not gonna say what he said to him.

[@jddoe6107]

I want to know

[@FaisalSheikh82]

@@juanboss560 I was thinking the same thing, but it could be that he knows that everyone knows it was something negative towards his attitude and for Ed Lover to say something else would not make sense.

[@C-Lyfe85]

How is there an infamous moment? It's something that went viral, 30 years later, because of KZbin. Nobody remembered it up until recently, thanks to a VHS collector.

[@jacobbrock7192]

If you listen to easy e closely in the clip he says thank you for being us on the show but keep your hands to your self

[@ofacekillah]

I wish I was making $1000 a week now for a half day of work!

[@AMOKIAN]

I enjoyed this interview and the Doctor Dre interview too. Yoooo MTV Raps...was incredible... Fab 5 versions too...🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧

[@july713x3]

I didn't really watch yo mtv raps but I loved him on the radio. Just a fun charasmatic spirit.

[@o.grubszy]

It was global! I used to watch YO! MTV Raps in Poland in the 90`s

[@ronisgrateful]

when Yo Mtv raps was on: I was like 15 yo & I looooved watching it‼️and yes it was international for sure, because I live in the Netherlands! respect to Dr. Dre & Ed Lover 🙏🏻❤️

[@mavrolos4728]

love it. happy to see Ed telling his story

[@simpdown1404]

Dope interview

[@ariefraiser140]

I remember around the same time 1989 or 1990 my pop got his PHd in history and his first job as a professor paid him around $26,000 a year in North Carolina (slightly more than $500 a week). Coming from the expensive violent DC area (crack epidemic) to NC with that kind of money back then we thought we had made it.

[@spinningbackkick6021]

This dude had a good gig. It's an extra 2,000 a month for one day of work. You can't hate on that.

[@Antoinedunaway]

Happy Holidays to everyone 🎄

[@oblivian1308]

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄💯

[@steviealvaalbany2730]

🎄

[@scarletbouvier520]

Hope you'd see gabrielle union caught in a window this holiday season 😜👌

[@CamdenMcInnis]

Smart man! To be on TV back then he could have been like "I'm a superstar, I don't need no damn job, I can make this work."

[@novalove4790]

All the shows that preceded them need to bow down to Yo MTV Raps 💯

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Uncle Ralph needs a bio pic he's a legend. I use to run home to watch video music box

[@savoirfaire5460]

if you lived in NYC tri- state area for video music we New York Hot Tracks with Carlos De Jesus or U68 and at the time NYC didn't even have cable

[@ceeIoc]

Video music box

[@branstarone]

Yo was the ish! I used to make my college room mates watch every Friday night!

[@gersonc.2737]

First time ever that somebody acknowledge Sophy Bramley, she started Yo on MTV Europe in 1987. The show was about Hip-Hop but Hip-Hop is Europe was always a bit different than Hip-Hop from the USA. A lot of artist from the USA would perform on that show.

[@Lean6]

I remember back in Jersey, trying to get Video Music Box to come in good on my tv back before cable. Run DMC had like 3 videos in the line up.

[@kenp1563]

The tri state area knows about how dope video music box was back in the day.

[@MrDaveyboysmitt]

Listen Vlad . I don’t want to hear anyone but you interviewing these legends . Save the other for the wack new rappers . Thanks

[@ayrramadan8819]

Vlad trying to keep his show. He's getting a lot of negative energy fir being a Culture Vulture!

[@thatninja8458]

He showing diversity

[@greghicks7532]

Hey cuz...good to see you ..beard looking good

[@deb8911]

Awwww Shawn prez doing the interview! That’s what’s up!

[@damionbarker03]

Glad gets the cool studio background this guy gets a closet😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@marvingonzalez6891]

I just bought 2 ten pack sealed boxes of "Yo" Rap cards for $10

[@rashad1906]

Wow I still have mine

[@alshansmith]

“Cmon Son” !!! ED cool Dude....

[@CSDonohue11]

Who is The Man is my joint.

[@Brian00007]

I wish I was old enough to experience hip hop and all of pop culture in the 90s

[@1_Lando]

This is inspirational shout out to Ed Lover and Queens NY!

[@duddaman254118]

Man the box channel was 19B I used to order shit all the time man those was the day

[@rastagideon8236]

Friday nights used to be Yo MTV Raps for me (early 90's). TY Dre, Ed and Fab 5 Freddy. Not a surprise that they f'd you guys over on money, always been a super-white channel.

[@davidreeves2596]

His group leader was Sue! The most respected school safety!!

[@caliclassicstv2024]

Goes to show how these majors are always screwing us black folks

[@daboe-xm9yr]

Video Jukebox was the one for us in Miami you had to pay $1.99 to request a video.

[@darrylnelson05]

Ed you OWE Dre a LOT.

[@PancakeDiaries]

No he doesn’t... men don’t owe men anything. Why should he give anything up to Dre? Dre’s health ain’t his problem... how shit has turned out is not his responsibility. Be humble nigga

[@JeromeGigante]

@@PancakeDiaries exactly brova PREACH!

[@mattinmo]

Man, MTV used to be the shit... now its teen mom and ridiculous all day on repeat

[@bigolebot]

MTV has been dead since the early 90sn

[@jw8863]

If they gave them $500, they were easily worth $2500... even rappers and industry people now are getting jerked... unionize

[@dugdrilly]

In Indianapolis, we had Jock in the Box. A pay per play music video channel.

[@selfiekroos1777]

ASK ABOUT THE EAZY E INCIDENT

[@JahEerie]

He did - it's in another section

[@lavenderlunchbox]

Ed lover a real one.

[@ramonsalazar158]

I’m waiting for him to discuss his relationship with Tupac

[@KuyaSamYT]

Please tell me that you asked him what Eazy E whispered in his ear that time????

[@ChicagoDonny922]

Mmm..."I know we went from $500 a week to a quarter-million dollar$/$250,000 a year"...Amen...Right On Jack!!!

[@perzonne6302]

damn this brother seem like he could give you that real love...i'm talkin big homie ish

[@rcfresh4345]

🤦🏾‍♂️ c'mon son

[@perzonne6302]

@@rcfresh4345 wat u mean unc🤷

[@rcfresh4345]

Maybe I took your comment the wrong way...maybe not. At the end of the day do u. C'mon son is an expression that Ed Lover made popular some years back btw. Seemed appropriate.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Never knew Ed Lover was a security guard while doing YO! MTV Raps.

[@Jpmd3000]

$500 a week nothing to complain about

[@Willie-C]

Kurtis blow has some jams

[@daibm5392]

Just here for the 2Pac questions.

[@lamarcusrstokes]

Damn! Dawg was making what i make a week 😭

[@trellcraft]

Legend

[@user-vg8tv1hp9c]

No lie this title made me tear up how you work for mtv for 500 a week?

[@DavidMalbranque]

With inflation that’s about $1200 a week nowadays.

[@dnationapocalypse]

Hey... You gotta pay the bills 😒

[@InternetSenation]

Did you even watch the video before commenting? He said he was working as a security guard at a high school at the same time and he wasn't on a contract with MTV, it was side hustle basically until he actually got a contract.

[@jeffjohnson3190]

You don't know show biz then!! They use you until become a product or let you go when your use is done!! Look a joe budden or nick cannon!!

[@PancakeDiaries]

Y’all niggas need to calm down if ur ignorant to the evolution. Rap was not the behemoth it is now, and MTV JUST started playing rap... 500 a week back then was amazing

[@marlonburden9717]

Big ups Ed 👍

[@6eostorm]

Now I feel bamboozle knowing they did a week worth of episodes in only day ☹️

[@PsyCodeqz]

the only face that reminds me of Non from Superman 2

[@gellotion]

HOW are they not talking bout Freddy??? Fab5 Freddy was the original host when Yo MTV Raps started off, back when it was 30 mins, once a week on Saturday morning. You'd see THREE hip hop videos A WEEK on ALL of cable TV! That Was It. BET didn't exist. VH1 definitely didn't play hip hop. There were NO Other video shows on cable. There was Raplh McDaniels with Video Music Box on UHF, and NY Hot Tracks on ABC which played early Madonna and the occasional Run Dmc video. But Fab5 Freddy got this whole thing started on cable.

[@gellotion]

My bad, no other video Channels is what I meant. Only MTV and VH1 back then

[@allinonethegreat]

Sounds like they was getting ripped off like Chapelle for their work not knowing their value but good it helped out their careers

[@bigtime8907]

"Who's the Man?" was based on Ed Lover's real life.

[@letstalkwithpatrickpodcast]

The 2Pac and Stretch stories will be coming soon. Which is fine with me.

[@MrStlover99]

I always wondered if Ed was in my family tree

[@jacobkatzenberg1032]

$500 a week in 90 would be $995 today that's almost $25/hr for a 40/hr work week raise your hand if your making $25/hr Stop complaining Ed you got to hangout with rappers and be on TV for more money than I do breaking my back

[@sinjinweiss5843]

Acting like $500/week wasn't alot of money back then. Just saying, not for nothing 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cue1806]

Shit thats a lot of money now. Especially for working 4 days a month an getting 2k

[@sinjinweiss5843]

@@cue1806 I didn't even watch the video. He wasn't even working that many days lol? Wow but I was saying because yeah $500/week is a lot of money now still but back then 500/week you were making bank. Now you prolly can just live comfortable for the most part on that income. Im behind in child support and just got out of jail. I wouldn't be comfortable for a while lol

[@harrydaloc9112]

That ain’t shlt

[@yeahisaidit5633]

What the fuck MTV!

[@adriansmith4064]

Highlights NWA, Eazy E, Bone Thugs N Harmony...

[@daibm5392]

This is beyond crazy, people in the States needed the cable to watch MTV. Meanwhile, we watched in Africa for free LMAO

[@JahEerie]

'GotchU!' - Vlad ™️

[@Shonuff42080]

Cable wasn't in a lot a big city in that time.

[@tommy6322]

Earning 500 a week as a host of that show is just wrong. I made more working at a warehouse when I was 20 years old.

[@marleyjanim5033]

It was a one day shoot

[@omaraguilar2182]

Sounds like some current ufc fighters having 2 jobs

[@Dangerclose1]

Andrew Jack!

[@The_Queprint]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@jmsirby32]

500 to 250 k damn

[@NNA1958]

Smart! 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jasonjones2137]

Alot of ppl copied Yo MTV style...

[@REAlMIDOFFICIAL]

My latest release "Vlad me" from my upcoming album "Fourth Quarter, No Overtime" @Y2AA

[@bullitt3839]

Rushtown management?

[@IGStrangDaKang]

Only 500 a week.. thats good momey in ohio

[@zomuch9071]

Vlad should do these legendary interviews 🤷🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️😂 vlad would get more better stories etc😂

[@topnorthtv9129]

Nah Vlad would ask if he got busted by a cop or tell us about 2pac or what do u think about the boosie situation Vlad would then say here's a flash back

[@Educationfirst-n6u]

They made mtv

[@444tesseract]

Yo mtv raps was wack af. They were biased and ny rap was weak with goofy characters. Rap city killed that.

[@noncustody]

There probably wouldn't have been a Rap City without Yo MTV Raps.

[@444tesseract]

@Street style beta males

[@444tesseract]

@@noncustody yeah and without slavery too. 🤣

[@Flowmajor777]

What is up with his nose?

[@mr.tooyou1320]

Work isn't bad stop following these stupid rapper's.

[@Goldgorilla_]

Tupac Hater!

[@DeepCover757]

And?