Lewis hosted and VJed a variety of shows including '' Total Request Live '' , a daily top ten video-countdown show , and '' Hot Zone '' , which offered both music videos and Lewis 's interviews of musicians and others . On one notable installment of The Hot Zone , she berated the rapper Q-Tip about the number of scantily clad dancers in one of his videos . In a reference to Lewis 's broadcasting savvy , Bob Kusbit , MTV 's senior vice president for production , told Douglas Century for the New York Times on November 21 , 1999 , " In the past our talent was sometimes just pretty people who could read cue cards . But when we brought Ananda to MTV , we decided we were going to do a lot more live television . " MTV also called upon Lewis to host other , topical programs , including two MTV forums on violence in schools , which aired after the Columbine High School massacre and several memorial tributes for the singer Aaliyah , who perished in a plane crash in 2001 . In 2001 Lewis earned another NAACP Image Award , for her hosting of the MTV special '' True Life : I Am Driving While Black ''
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
Ananda Lewis