MTV Cribs originally aired in September 2000 and was hosted (voice over) by (Howard University alum) Ananda Lewis. The show featured the homes of mostly music artists but expanded to include athletes and other celebs.
MTV Cribs aired for the better part of a decade. During that time the show featured over 185 celeb homes. It was updated throughout the 2000s and eventually went into syndication as just Cribs. The syndicated show was a flop, mostly because they edited out all of the original music and substituted it with generic music and replaced the original voice overs with new generic ones.
Ananda Lewis
The most memorable MTV Cribs, IMO, was the one featuring Redman. The show toured his New Jersey townhouse which was, as they say, tore up from the floor up. He even had a dollar box on the top of the fridge.
MTV Cribs also influenced hoards of other TV shows including many HGTV shows. There was a country version of Cribs on CMT Network called CMT Cribs.
MTV Cribs Intro (All videos Safe For Work)
MTV Cribs featuring Big Boi and Ludacris | 2003
MTV Cribs/ VH1 Mashup – Redman episode (sorry about the video quality)
Did you watch MTV Cribs?
Did you have a favorite episode?
Was Redman’s crib nasty or what?!
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