Iann Robinson [SEP] date of birth
Iann Robinson
Iann Robinson (born c. 1971) is an American writer, musician and television personality best known as a former MTV News on-air correspondent.
Born in New York City, Robinson co-hosted a show called "Monkey Butt Sex" on a Manhattan Public-access television cable TV in the 1990s. Ocean MacAdams, an MTV vice-president, was a fan of the show in his college years and pulled strings to get Robinson a job at MTV in 1999, helped on by an appearance
on the MTV show "12 Angry Viewers". Overweight and sporting a shaved head and numerous tattoos as well as being an outspoken fan of heavy metal, Robinson quickly distinguished himself with his blunt, no-nonsense approach to interviewing the pop stars of the day, later hosting his own show "The Assignment with Iann Robinson".
He left MTV in 2003, implying that he might have been fired although a press release in 2004 suggested it was his decision to leave. In 2006 Robinson wrote in his blog that