AllHipHop
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| Web address | Official website |
|---|---|
| Slogan | The world's most dangerous site |
| Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | Music website |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | English |
| Owner | AHH Holdings LLC |
| Created by |
Greg Watkins Chuck Creekmur |
| Launched | 1998 |
| Revenue | US$4 million (as of 2007) |
| Current status | Active |
AllHipHop is a hip hop news website founded in 1998. At five million visitors a month, it is the world's most popular hip hop website.[1][2] Essence magazine has dubbed it "the CNN of hip-hop".[3] In 2006, AllHipHop won the Rising Stars Award from Black Enterprise magazine. In 2007, PC Magazine listed it as one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites".[4] As of May 2008, it attracts over 37 million page views a month.[5]
History
High school friends Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur founded the website in 1998.[6] Watkins and Creekmur grew up in Newark, Delaware.[3] 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. His friend Creekmur, a freelance journalist, had launched a website, tantrum-online.com, in New York. After merging the companies, they adapted Trantrum's exclamation point logo for AllHipHop.[7] By 2003, the business generated enough revenue for Watkins to quit his job and work on the website full-time. Creekmur did the same next year. In 2007, the revenue exceeded US$4 million.[3]
References
- ↑ "AllHipHop.com Relaunches New Urban Lifestyle Website.". Entrepreneur magazine (September 1, 2007). Accessed June 15, 2008.
- ↑ Juslin, Anita (May 26, 2008). "Radio One CEO Prepares for Shareholders". The Washington Post. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- 1 2 3 Pattison, Kermit (February 2008). "Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growth". Inc. magazine. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- ↑ Evans, Dan (August 27, 2007). "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites". PC Magazine. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- ↑ Fung, Amanda (May 13, 2008). "Radio One inks ad deal with AllHipHop.com". Crain's New York Business. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- ↑ "About All Hip Hop". AllHipHop. Accessed June 15, 2008.
- ↑ "Staying Power". Remix magazine (March 1, 2008). Accessed June 15, 2008.