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AllHipHop

Hip hop news website founded in 1998

Summary

Hip hop news website founded in 1998

Field	Value
name	AllHipHop
logo	Allhiphoplogo.webp
url
commercial	Yes
type	Music website
language	English
registration	Optional
owner	AHH Holdings LLC
author	Greg Watkins
Chuck Creekmur
launch_date	1998
revenue	US$4 million (as of 2007)
current_status	Active

Chuck Creekmur AllHipHop is a hip-hop 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. 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 magazine dubbed AllHipHop "the CNN of hip-hop" in 2008.

References

"About All Hip Hop".
(March 1, 2008). "Staying Power". Remix.
Pattison, Kermit. (February 2008). "Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growth". Inc..
(August 12, 2017). "AllHipHop.com: Same Content, Same Owners - New Tech Platform".
Fung, Amanda. (May 13, 2008). "Radio One inks ad deal with AllHipHop.com". Crain's New York Business.
"Al Roker Taps Top Black Female Executive for Livestreaming Company". Blackenterprise.com.
Pattison, Kermit. (February 2008). "Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growt". Inc..

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