Why '106 & Park' Ended For Good - Here's Why
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025
- www.comedyhype... - For a new 'Here's Why', we take a look at one of the most loved series in the culture, BET's 106 & Park. The show originally hosted by AJ Calloway & Free, would bring emerging and established music artist to the forefront. We look into why this hit show would ultimately come to and end. Instagram: @ComedyHype & Twitter: @ComedyHype_
106 and Park kept a lot of kids in my generation out of the streets after school alot of us didn’t miss an episode.
Facts
Snapple facts. But for some of us when it ended at 7:30, we went 730
Facts 💯
Yep
No lie
Free and AJ were and will ALWAYS be 106 and Park.
Damn right
Simply put
INDEED🔥🔥💯
Right 💯
Yes absolutely these kids don’t know anything about that
All of us 40-28 years old can say this show was our childhood teenage nostalgic days 😉
Yep I just hit 30
28 did not end try 24
@@moneymatters8457 stfu you was 2 years old
31 Hell yeah Spot On🎯
24-25 years old also. Last group that graduated in 2015 or 2016 or born in 98 or 97. By the time I got in high school it wasn’t as popular because you can watch videos on your phone and then it ultimately was cancelled in 2014. But I remember the old days of 106 & park.
Man I LOVED AJ and Free! They were unmatched ❤️🙌🏽 I miss the good ole days 😩
Same!!!
@@X09642 Ikr? I hate that it ended.
Free and AJ had good on camera chemistry. BET went down hill when they started letting Latinos host. No offense, but it was Black Entertainment Television (BET). The hosts should've stayed black.
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Exactly 💯💯 agree with you ❤️
AJ and Free were the best!
Give them their flowers!
You want to bring back a couple of 45-year-old hosts as reboot nah I think not.
@@jazzman688 speak for yourself free and aj was the show
@@jazzman688 Facts now if they do reruns of only AJ & Free Era I'll definitely watch it
This was the Black TRL...Solid, fun, and wholesome show... remember watching this after coming home from highschool and my college days.
💯 I remember like it's yesterday
No TRL was the White 106 & Park
There's no comparison to 106 & park. The basement the only thing to ever be close
@@nadecha5326 TRL came out first. It's nice to support our own, but get your facts straight first.
@@blackguyofthesouth2161 it’s still no comparison. Unless you’re white. 106 had guest that were on trl but trl couldn’t get guess that were on 106
Ten best things to happen to BET.
1. Teen Summit. Host Ananda Lewis
2. Video Soul countdown. Host Donnie Simpson/Sherry Carter
3. Midnight Love
4. Caribbean Rhythms. Host Rachel
5. Rap City Host Joe Clair. Rap City The Basement. Host Big Tigger
6. ComicView. Many host
7. Hits From The Streets
8. Cita's World
9. 106 And Park. Many host
10. College Hill.
Ten best things to happen to BET.
Rap City also had MANY different hosts...
@@porterwilliams4082 those were the only 2 that came to mind.
Hits from the streets used to have me cracking up. I grew up during the time where I remember all of these that you listed. It seemed like as time went on, technology was also growing. I used to record songs off of radio but once music videos were made, I had no need to record from radio. Then the era of technology boom was born and limewire, Napster and others had ways to download music. It seem like music videos were becoming less and less on television and reality tv became popular. Nowadays, RUclips is the place to come to relive those music videos experience that I used to rush home from school just watch a world premier video.
OMGGG! I miss these shows! They truly need to reboot & relaunch them.
Gotta show Tavis show some love too since he covered issues no one else would!
Man I don't think Free really knows her impact on us young girls. She was a fun, positive, pretty, fashionable ( I know she has a wardrobe team) intelligent woman figure on T.V. who got to work with music for a living. We admired her and aspired to have fun careers. She influenced us and I swear she doesn't understand or INNERstand the way I want her to. I wish she was in the same position as Angie Martinez.
Yesss , I saw free when i was 8 mos . Pregnant I almost went into labor . She rubs my tummy . I was so hype because I wanted to be free she was that “it” Girl
Oh Word That’s WASSUP! U should keep following her & supporting whatever she does if U Rlly Love Her cuz I can tell U Do.. Btw do you or anybody know her Instagram?? It’s sounds like she is a dope, very interesting incredible role model!
@@FindingFemi23 missfreemarie
Nope!! Lol
Smartphones ended 106 & Park. Music videos on television were becoming obsolete and ratings for music video shows were dropping. Now because of RUclips you can watch videos anytime and any place you want. You no longer have to wait until 4 o’clock
Facts
This is I thought was the cause before I watched the video. Internet changed the way people watched TV.
It was definitely Beyonce after the Blue Ivy comment.
@@monica012077context?
@@monica012077 What now?
106 was, and will always be one of the great shows for the young people back in the day.
Not really.......it made all the guests feel sissified, like they COULDN'T be themselves.
Man 106 & Park was fun all year round back in the days, I remember watching it during Halloween time and Christmas time, back in the good old early 2000s 😌
Especially Christmas time
My friends and I cut school a few times to sit in the audience when Free and AJ hosted. We got a lot of love at school the next day because everyone saw us. Those were the good ol days
The show came on 4:00 eastern time. Y’all were still in school at that hour?
@@fuhyou3223 That's when it aired but they recorded it around 9 am and they did 2 shows per day. So when you saw freestyle Friday episodes, those were recorded on Wed. They didn't record on Thursday and Friday from what I can remember
@ Jalissa Banks You schooled me. If I remember correctly back then they presented it as if it were a live show or even said as much that it was live. That’s surprising to me. You got to see some legendary stuff right in that studio. I wish I could say the same.
@Jalissa Banks Man, y'all got to see "106 and Park" live. I'm jealous lol 😆.
@@fuhyou3223 Yea I had so many stories of celebrity encounters and performances from my teen years. Growing up in NYC was the sh*t back then.
The day Free and AJ announced they were stepping down as hosts of 106th and park was the beginning of the end kinda like when Don Cornelius stepped away from being the host of Soul Train
I remember that day i was only 11 it was just AJ there He had Free on the phone I wish they woulda stuck it out through the end of 2005
Back when BET had a variety of programming into the early 2000s. From the HBCU football games to the classic black and white films with iconic black stars from the '30s and '40s to _Video Soul_ to the _Top 20 Countdown_ to _Cita's World_ to _Planet Groove_ to _Midnight Soul_ to _Hitz from the Street_ to _Sprite Nite_ and the nightly news wedged in between. And don't forget about the _Walk of Fame_ specials. Even the BET Awards' early years must watch TV. The changing times with how everyone consumes music, TV and film on a daily basis changed how we look at entertainment, for better or worse. _106_ should've ended after Terrence and Rocsi. It quickly became the Bow Wow show after that.
Very we said!☺️
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So true
A J giving Janet that lap dance was everything lol 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣😍😍😍😍 I can't believe you remember that iconic moment.
Decretia Hearn what about that HiStoric episode when her brother was on 106 & Park
@@a.k.a.theruggedmanchild9685 Trust me when I say that I'm using iconic fondly.
OMG! I remember! Hahahah how did I forget 😂
I think it's time for Free and AJ need to receive some sort of Award for impact they had on 106 & park.
Theyd have have to give it to Terrance & Rocsi too. They been there just as long
Wildin out Wednesday’s & Freestyle Friday’s. Wow. I missed those times. In the early 2000.
Just seeing Aaliyah makes my eyes fill with tears :( She is literally the first black female entertainer I ever lost in my lifetime..just to know I was literally watching her on 106th and Park and then she dies some days later was a big blow to my Soul..when she died I literally said, "She was JUST on 106 and Park"..I will never forget AJ and Free having to break the news that Monday even though by that time Aaliyah's death was already spread around the world but it hit different when it was announced on 106th and Park..like that was definitely confirmation to me that Aaliyah was gone...I couldnt put my psyche around until that moment AJ and Free announced it..I love you Aaliyah and thanks for the memories!!
I had the biggest crush on Free! She could had flows and would rhyme every now and then. Freestyle Friday was everything back in the day. This is a great tribute ‼️
Beyoncé didn’t have any influence over that show ending. The show was on life support and it was just time for it to end. Music and music platforms has changed drastically as well as social media and that was a major part of it along with the hosts not being the same since AJ and Free. I also believe that Terrence and Rossi’s incident was real. Their excuse for that made absolutely no sense. If she was on vacay, then that’s all they had to say. Anywho, the 106 and Park era cannot be recaptured, just like the 90’s. This generation missed out big time.
They lost traction because the host just kept getting worse and worse. Tiger and Julisa was imo an improvement tho. I know, Unpopular opinion. Terrance and Rocsi on the other hand were the definition of Cringe. And Bowwow ever hosting was a joke.
I also think they lost traction because there were fewer big names willing to keep ratings afloat. 106 started to become a Chitterling circuit after 2011.
Terrence and Rocsi have cleared the air on the supposed beef and have explained that it was blown out of proportion.
@@A_Notes I’m aware of the statement that they made about the situation. I’m saying that it was bs, because it made absolutely no sense. Of course they didn’t want their personal business out there, so my belief is that it was a coverup story.
True
The woman documenting this story is beautiful! Salute queen!
U should see her IG 😍🔥
@@thesupervisor3270 i might just have to start me an IG account for that
@@thesupervisor3270 what is it?
i’m trying to find her
The peak years of 106 & Park were 2001-2004 imo. I'm 30, and remember being so excited to watch a new episode after school lol. Those definitely were the days.
AJ and Free were the best!!!... My childhood was awesome
Same in my early 20's lol
Me too
I'm a white boy who used to come home & watch this show every single day after school. I still remember the very last episode where AJ got a phone call from Free & was legit crying😰
This show was everything.
Ooooh I remember that
My lil bro & I went to 106 & Park in '06, when Julissa & Tigger were the hosts & Jagged Edge were the special guests. I remember telling the hosts that we'd be on that couch one day. Obviously that's not happening any time soon.
It’d be dope to see a documentary on 106 & Park or just the peak time of BET, MTV, VH1 and music based TV
I think Free would be a good replacement for Angela Yee on TBC when she leaves.
Also maybe Remy Ma, or Kendra G
Same!!
Yesssss!!!! Only if she want to though!
That’s a great idea!
Yaaaaassss!!!
Even with the streaming apps, I think if they brought this back and incorporated this new way of the music industry, it would still work... we still liked the artists coming on and just vibing with the host and audience, the comedic moments, the rap battles... all of that would still hit these days... I think the HOSTS are what is most important.
No one watches tv anymore, it’s all about streaming platforms and podcast. Plus people would rather just go see a video when they went to instead of waiting for a show to only show half of the video. Too many other things nowadays to keep people from being focused on a show like this. The industry is a cesspool now and over saturated.
Hell no it won’t
Free & AJ also appeared briefly in the movie, “Drumline!”
Legendary
106 & Park when AJ & Free hosted it was like what Soul Train was to our parents back in their day. I’m old enough to remember it from the early days, every day after my big brother and me came home from school, that was the first thing we did was watch 106 & Park every day. And at school the kids would talk about the episode and etc, even if you were middle class or poor everybody knew about Aj and Free and 106 & Park. Sometimes you’d watch it at your friends house and vice versa after they AJ & Free left it became Trash, by the time we started to watch it again to see what it was like now Bow wow had taken over. And then it was canceled, that marked the end of an Era. Kids now just don’t know
Xactly
This is what made Hip Hop so dope was its scarcity. Free and Aj will always be a staple of Hip Hop.
That Blue Ivy comment was the end. I’m actually glad that it crashed after that. No reason for Black woman and girls to be constantly disrespected, especially by Black people too.
Free and AJ made that show without them it wasn't the same and I think they lost their viewership when they left never cared for Rocsi or Terrence as they were blah
106 & Park was the teen version of many MTV shows that showcased black music, artists and videos which we all loved. I missed that era.
On the hood, Free got me through puberty in the best ways. 😂
💀💀🤣🤣
BRO 😂😂😂😂
Free is thick & bad though 💯
Shit Me Too
FACTZ I still got the King Mag somewhere at my old house
No lies!!!
This was nostalgic! Loved Free and AJ together. Before there was 106 there was Teen Summit!
Teen Summit was a terrific show.
AJ & Free were in fact The 106 & Park 💯
I never missed an episode when free and Aj hosted im 31 now and this show is so nostalgic it was the trl for us black kids
Big Tigga & Julissa's reign should've been longer. I loved them hosting
They kept the energy going a flowing
And they were the actual reason why Wild Out Wednesday became a thing.
Seeing there faces brings me right back to a certain moment in time, they were my childhood fasho!
Excellent video, y'all sparked up old memories with this one andmade me miss freestyle Fridays all over again.. great job
I'm so happy I was able to be in the audience a few times as a teen. Such good memories
I remember watching this well before my teen years aj and free will always be 106 & park to me. When I watched it again with Terrance and roxie it just wasn't 106 anymore
this makes me emotional. straight back to my childhood. this show endin was a sign of the decline to come in Hip Hop. as crazy as it sounds in 2022, Hip Hop was actually better when it was more corporate.
It’s still corporate. When HipHop became corporate after that secret meeting is when it started to go to shit. You can look up the secret meeting though it’s on RUclips. Imho i believe it was by design from the start. That’s them Freemason’s for ya
That’s how the genre used to move but now it’s everywhere.
They should bring back these shows. I miss 106 & Park. I made it through my high school years with this show.
Sad to see what happen to AJ career, he was good at 106 and Extra.
He was a host for Extra for about 14 years. He made money.
He did it to himself
Always said once he cut the dreads it was a wrap lol
106 & park with Free and AJ is a BET Classic Freestyle Friday was Poppin !!! miss the early 2000s 💯
I remember watching 106 & Park to see what AJ & Free and also see all the hot Hip-Hop and R&B artists to discover the latest fashion and trends. Man,I wish I could go back and relive all of those moments back again.
Bring Back BET Uncut 😁💯💯
Lol noooooo.
@@thetruesoulofanaquarius9302 LOL Hell Yeahhhhhh
As they should
@@tisha5414 I know right 😄👍🏽
Yup at 3am
106 & Park was the best show for our culture period. I lived for Free and Aj!! Tuned in everyday for the Countdown, rap battles, surprise guest hosts!
Man I remember recording all the new music videos on vhs! Only thing I hated is sometimes they'd play just 1 minute of a song lol.. there's nothing comparable nowadays
Thanks for the nostalgia... This was enjoyable to watch! Also PLEASE have Ms. LaJoye to host and narrate more because of her energy and non-monotonic voice!
That Terrance and Rocsi walk-off was REAL! Rocsi was about to cry and Terrance was trashing her (HILARIOUS 😂)
I believe that too. It looked way too real. Terence was so rude throughout the show - even mocking her that she couldn’t read the script properly. I heard it was because Terence actually tried to holla Rocsi and she rejected him. Hence, he got salty.
@@LuvHuni I did hear that too
Yeah they just said it was fake to save face. We all knew that shit was real!
@@LuvHuni i thought it was cuhh he hit n wanted more but she ain't want nothing to do wit him either way it was embarrassing n unprofessional
i worked for the show....it was fake
This generation needs something like this now .. A lot of artist today don’t get exposure like you would think .. I miss being 13 watching 106
@Black Mamba 4 Life as long as you know
Me too
this show ending, WAS the end of real Hip Hop culture. true music videos dont even exist no more. it’ll just be Top 10 of the same soundin trap/drill noise. real Rap based shows like 106&Park/Rap City cant exist nowadays
I love Free! I used to watch the show just to see her in a dope outfit. She really could dress. Growing up I wouldn’t miss 106&Park. I loved “Freestyle Friday”.
I started watching at the the start of the Rocsi and Terrence era and it always kept me in the loop especially being homeschooled and after they left it was never the same again.
106 and Park was the ish back in the day..classic 😉
Yeah I will still remember Aaliyah's last appearance on 106. Rewatching that interview and her mentioning that she was leaving to shoot the Rock the Boat is sad.
I was young when this came out, but I was in college…I remember the pioneers like Video Soul with Donnie Simpson and Teen Summit on BET too…
As he watched her walk out the door, Steven knew Free was the one.
I think there's definitely a lane for some sort of similar platform out here.
You just need the right talent for the hosts and the right chemistry between them.
Add the right wardrobe for the hosts, and the right musical talent promoted being promoted on the show, and it'll be an instant hit, because it's needed now for the culture.
Dammit so much memories... It's getting hot in here!!! My husband and I had just started dating when 106 & park first aired. We were still in college and we would meet with all our friends before going to the cafeteria just to watch the interviewers. Our kids now are 16 and 14. Darn I'm getting old 😪 😩 😕
I miss 106 and park.that was my show.and free and aj was a cool duo.and my favorite was freestyle friday.i had recorded a lot of 106 and park show on my 📼 vhs.word up son
The Wendy snippet bought back so many memories. Those were wild times. Another great video. Thank you. 👍🏽
While I respect 106 and Park, I really can't relate. My ish was Rap City, Yo MTV Raps, Planet Groove, Video Soul, Caribbean Rythm, and even Head Bangers Ball.
However, if be remiss if I told you that I don't feel a lil nostalgia having seen this video. Just that time period alone invokes feelings of melancholy when I think back to those times.
Good video.
I remember vividly rushing home to watch this show, excited. I was in 6th grade when the first episode came on. I used to call and vote for the video I wanted to see😂. . 106 was a huge part of my love for music. It was never the same after AJ & Free. I can't remember when I stopped watching but I was in high school by then.
I can remember when 106 n park first premiered!! It was so interesting cool and all that. On that show is when I found out who jill Scott was. I heard her and saw her performance. The first chance I got I went and bought her first cd!! It would be nice have another show like that!! 😎
TBH,...this is one of the most interesting topics I've engaged in on RUclips. No arguing, no cussing, just bringing back better childhood memories. TY ☺😊... #90sbaby
Bow Wow being labeled “Mr. 106 & Park” 😂😂
And the fact he use to throw that out in every interview for years. 😒🙄🤣 okay Bow Wow.
When his early music videos came out, he was number one on their countdown for monthS. JD even put that lyric, _"Mr. 106 and park is back."_ on one of Bow Wow's singles that had a video. MTV had to censor it when that video appeared on TRL and other instances on their network.
his first 2 albums when he even got Snoop to perform with him was the joint
He was
For My Generation he was IDC 💯😎
I watched 106 & Park faithfully from AJ & Free to Bow Wow hosting it. Gotta say the time period from AJ & Free and Terrence & Rocsi were the best times to watch it. When Bow started hosting it I missed more episodes than I ever have except for freestyle fridays.
BET only started to air in 2014 in South Africa about 2 weeks before 106&Park was axed. So I'm upset that I never got a chance to watch 106&park when A.J and Free was at the show
Here for it. I love these uploads
We need a video memorializing and remembering Teddy Ray ASAP. 🙏🙏🙏
Oh, I never watched that show. It seemed to staged, scripted and boring.
Does any one else get nostalgia watching this and get emotional… I’m 33 I was 14-16 watching this after high school .. seeing who had the number one video ment alot .. and fridays the freestyles battle was dope … seeing Eminem here also ment a lot … omg I miss these days before the Internet took over 😢
Don't forget hits from the streets. Moo psi moo milk it milk it milk it 🤣🤣🤣 #classic
Oh shoot I forgot about him! 🤣🤣
That was my show. When that show ended, I was done with BET. They had got rid of all those video shows to show reruns of old Judge Hatchett shows and playing Baby Boy a thousand times a week 😒👎🏿
@@mr.russell5395 I know right they played baby boy and soul plane so much you just about knew every scene word for word and dont forget madeas family reunion and diary of mad black woman
Yo! 😆 🤣 😂
@@mr.russell5395 It seemed like every week Baby Boy was shown.
Rocsi and Terrence get a bad rep sometimes...they did a good job with the show and you can't dismiss their Era. The show failed in the long run because BET didn't know what to do with it anymore. The constant changing of the format and hosts didn't help either. Bow I'm convinced in some way wanted it to be l about him and didn't want a co host and as popular as bow was...no one checking for a bow wow led show in the early 2010s. It was just a changing of times. If they did bring it back it would have to just be a late night show with no countdown.
They deserve that reputation
@Dewayne Junior freestyle battles made ya tune in
@Dewayne Junior towards the end there was. And that' was theonly day I watched it.
@Dewayne Junior then don't add urs
@Dewayne Junior 🤣
So we’re just going throw the legacy of Video Soul out the window. Video Soul was on BET way before 106 & Park and Donnie Simpson interviewed all the artists from that era. Oh yeah….this was before TRL as well.
I remember citas world, hits from the street,rap city , 106 n park , a movie a come on at 8, then comic view at 10pm , bet news, another movie then bet uncut
😃 Girrrrl, you taking me back to my college-dorm days. 🥰
“Cita’s World” was a funny animated show. I remember the host jokingly saying, “The rent must really be due,” after reporting that a well-known rapper was doing some underground show for a measly wage. I can’t remember the rapper nor the venue, but I remember her saying what I quoted. I never forgot that line and started to occasionally use it myself (though not maliciously). 😂🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
😠 And I hated BET Uncut. They replaced “Midnight Love” with that crap. 🙄 To me, it was like replacing music that made brothers and sisters fall in love with foolishness that made ‘em fall in lust. They traded suga for 💩. 😒
Man I remember watching this after school. I loved the music and the entertainment. I love how on the tv show The Game, they brought in Free as a guest Star.
This was a great platform for artists. It would be dope if they found a way to reboot the series.
106 park was a timeless show bck then I wish they rebooted it
No cap, from 5th grade thru the start of 10th grade BET was hella lit
Always wondered why the show ended. Last I heard about the show was when bow wow stole and used the company credit card. Don't know if it was true or not?
😂😂 waaaaat🤔🤔
@@Cinncakes88 news that I heard. Google it.
106 And Park:this was the go to show to watch after school in the 00s….After Free And A.J. left, 106 And Park went down the drain….
106 & park was literally my childhood. Show was dope
Thanks!
Back in the day, AJ and Free were honestly more impactful and more inspirational, than the artists that they were interviewing! That’s what made 106 and park stand apart from TRL to me.
On 106 and park it seemed like seeing them every day was more impactful to me and the young kids around me than any artist that could’ve came on the show for one day!
We got to watch free every single day become a style icon for me, and every little black girl that I knew growing up! That blonde Afro!!!!
Free was the girl who I saw the turn in of people, not necessarily all wanting to be celebrities, and people not wanting to go into just music, or being the girl in the video and wanting to be the people behind the mic.
It was Free, Angie Martinez And La La Anthony that made the difference!
AJ was the coolest black man on tv! His hair was ICONIC and he had swagger of an R&B singer and the skills of a 60 minutes interviewer
I was a contestant on freestyle Friday and I loss to sincere the great My whole life changed for the better. Free was still the host !
BET needs to relaunch some of there old shows. I would totally watch it. My tops were “midnight love”, “106”, “Rap City” and “Hits from the streets”. Anyone remember when Hits was at a college campus, met some girls with hairstyles and goes to each girl: “up-do, up-do, up-do” and the one without one “Do-do”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I laughed for daysssss. I love hits, he needs to come back.
I wish there was a streaming option for all the episodes of 106 and park
Aj and Free represented the culture
106 and Park was a big part of my teenage years!!
If 106 come back AJ and FREE needs to be the host again frfr
Used to watch 106 & park everyday...it was a sad day when they retired rap city
Free and AJ were awesome on that show. Great show.
Free and Aj were the GOATS! 106 was over when they left
BET did AJ and Free dirty 🤦🏾♂️
This was my favorite video show back then. The nostalgia from just looking at this video
The last time I've heard about 106 & Park was the reunion and when Blind Fury was destroying the Free Stylers and 106 & Park had a stage on Def Jam ICON that was it.