Ralph McDaniels born February 27 1962 is a music video director DJ and VJ He cocreated and cohosts the music video program Video Music Box with Lionel C Martin After interning at WNYC and subsequently becoming a radio engineer he created Studio 31 Dance Party a television show revolving around recordings of music performances This show would transform into Video Music Box McDaniels studied communications at LaGuardia Community College and later started the video production company Classic Concepts with Video Music Box producer Lionel Martin He now works for the Queens Library for Outreach Services