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17 Years Before Next Gen NYC, MTV Had Its Own Nepo Baby Reality Show

I guess not every music progeny can be Wolf Van Halen, Julian Casablancas, or Gracie Abrams.

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Long before nepo baby culture was the new wave of reality television—Calabasas Confidential, Next Gen NYC—MTV was ahead of the curve. If you’ve been living under a rock, a nepo baby is, according to many celebrities, a typically derogatory term to describe the offspring of the rich and famous.

The early aughts gave us some really whacky programming like Next, Parental Control, The Osbournes, and Flavor of Love. Rock the Cradle was different, though.

MTV was the first network to have a show dedicated to nepo babies

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