106 & Park (BET's Top 10 Live) is one of the longest running television shows on BET. The 90-minute segment features popular hip hop and R&B music videos. The program was featured in Harlem of the title's namesake. When Viacom bought BET, the program was moved to the CBS Broadcast Center at 524 West 57th Street. Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a cable television network geared towards African-Americans in their expression of mainstream pop culture. ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Kylie Minogues video to Spinning Around (2000) A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major radio and television network in the United States. ...

The program plays the top ten most requested videos of the day, as requested by viewers who can vote by telephone or online. In addition to the music video countdown, a typical show also airs one new music video known as the New Joint of the Day and a music video from the past known as the Ol' School Joint of the Day, with the occasional flashback video. The show usually has daily guests as it is a popular promotion tool used by many musicians, actors, and other celebrities. It may also feature live performances by popular hip hop and R&B artists.

Every Friday, there is a special segment called Freestyle Friday, where two freestyle rappers go at each other in front of the audience. If a rapper can consecutively beat seven opponents they are retired and placed in the Hall of Fame. The first rapper to make it this far was Shakim the Poster Boy. The popular segment has spawned the career of Jin and given a few other rappers the opportunity to get a record deal. The word freestyle is used to describe a sport or other activity where the participant is free to choose a style at will. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... Album cover for Jins debut album, The Rest is History Jin Au-Yeung (Simplified Chinese: 欧阳靖; Traditional Chinese: 歐陽靖; pinyin: ), also known as Jin tha MC or simply Jin, is a Chinese American rap artist who speaks Cantonese. ...

Until July 28, 2005, the show was hosted by BET personalities Free and AJ Calloway. Speculation is that friction with upper management probably caused the hosts to leave 106 & Park. BET has not formally announced replacements for the program. On Monday, August 1,2005, BET replaced Free and AJ with two already popular BET personalities, Tigger(former host of Rap City, and current co-host of BET Style) and Julissa(current host of BET's The Center). As of now they are not permenant replacments. Free is a hip hop artist, best known as the co-host of music video request television show 106 & Park on the BET network. ... Former host of popular BET countdown show 106 and Park: Bets Top 10 Live. ... FREE (Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment) is the genre created by Yu Suzuki to describe the game series Shenmue, and thereon Shenmue II for the Sega Dreamcast. ... AJ may stand for: People (usually a reference to their initials) Andrew Jackson Alexander James McLean (Backstreet Boys) Anup Jalota (singer) Angela Via (singer) AJ is a character in the webcomic User Friendly Products Apple Jacks Apple juice Aunt Jemima Armani Jeans Other Active jamming Adjustable spanner Alpinisme Juvénile (France... Rap City is a program aired on the Black Entertainment Television, usually with new episodes airing from 4:00-6:00 PM on weekdays, before BETs hit show 106 & Park. ... An entertainment show, much like syndicated Entertainment Tonight, that focuses on African Americans in the entertaiment industry. ...

External links

106 & Park official site