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Which MTV VJ, the only person of color among the channel's original five, left MTV in 1986 and later became a minister?
Answer
J.J. Jackson
J.J. Jackson was the only Black VJ among MTV's five original on-air personalities when the channel launched in 1981. He left MTV in 1986 and later became an ordained minister before his death in 2004.
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MTV's first four VJs were all white despite launching during hip-hop's golden age; network executives believed music videos wouldn't appeal to the MTV demographic.
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