''AllHipHop'' is a
hip-hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hi ...
news website founded by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur in 1998.
History
The website was founded in 1998 by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur. In 1997, Watkins registered the allhiphop.com domain to promote the artists on Oblique Recordings, a small record label he operated. The website provided music downloads to promote the label's artists. After reaching 30,000 downloads a month, Watkins struck deals with
eMusic and other retailers to sell downloads.
Creekmur, a
freelance journalist, had launched a website, ''tantrum-online'', in
New York City
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. After merging the companies, they adapted Trantrum's exclamation point logo for ''AllHipHop''. By 2004, the business generated enough revenue for Watkins and Creekmur to work full-time on the website. In 2007, the revenue exceeded US$4 million.
On August 12, 2017, ''AllHipHop'' announced a partnership with Maven, a company based in Seattle, to manage its entire digital media platform.
Figures from May 2008 show it attracted over 37 million page views a month.
Accolades
In 2006, ''AllHipHop'' won the Rising Stars Award from ''
Black Enterprise'' magazine.
''
Essence
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'' magazine dubbed ''AllHipHop'' "the
CNN
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of hip-hop" in 2008.
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{{Hip hop websites
Companies based in New York City
Hip-hop websites
Internet properties established in 1998
American music websites
Online music magazines published in the United States