What was epic records threat to MTV on shabba ranks music video?

Oh honey, back in the day, Epic Records wasn't playing around with MTV. They threatened to pull all their artists' videos if MTV didn't air Shabba Ranks' music video. They basically said, "Play the video or say goodbye to all the other goodies we have to offer." And you know what? MTV caved because you don't mess with the big dogs in the music industry.