As a Black female voice in media, Ananda Lewis’s impact broke many invisible barriers, challenging stereotypes and paving the way for the generation that followed.

Katie Thurston said her “fellow sister” Ananda Lewis’ death from breast cancer had her “spiraling” for a day about her own diagnosis. She admitted that it's scary to have her tumor inside her body and ...

Ananda Lewis should still be alive. She had access. She had options. What she didn’t have was trust in the system that could ...

Sara Sidner and Stephanie Elam — honored the late MTV VJ during a special segment on CNN. Elam shared her longtime friend's ...

Alan Hunter, a former MTV VJ and SiriusXM host, has found a new home in St. Louis, where he enjoys the city’s music scene and ...

In VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave (Atria Books, out today), the four living original VJs — Nina Blackwood, Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter and Mark Goodman — reveal the truth: ...

Cover of "VJ" by Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards Atria/Simon and Schuster "This is it. Welcome to MTV -- music television, the world's first 24-hour ...

Goodman was a radio DJ before he got the gig as an MTV VJ. After he quit in August 1987, he continued to work in the music industry, going back to being a DJ at KROQ, VH1 Classic and more.

Ananda Lewis, a TV personality and former MTV VJ and host on "Total Request Live," has died at the age of 52. Lewis suffered from breast cancer and did not have a double mastectomy as was suggested.

In "VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave" the music channel's original hosts dish about the net's early years in their own words.

If you still remember the days of wanting your MTV because the channel showed music videos, than you're probably a fan of the VJs who helped shepherd you through that groundbreaking era of ...