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

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and other retailers to sell downloads. Creekmur, a

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, had launched a website, tantrum-online.com, in

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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 on the website full-time. In 2007, the revenue exceeded US$4 million.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. On, August 12, 2017, AllHipHop announced it had partnered with Maven, a company based out of Seattle, to manage their entire digital media platform.

Accolades

In 2006, AllHipHop won the Rising Stars Award from ''

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'' magazine. In 2007, ''

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'' listed it as one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites". ''

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'' magazine dubbed Allhiphop "the

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of hip-hop" in 2008.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. , it attracted over 37 million page views a month.Fung, Amanda (May 13, 2008).
Radio One inks ad deal with AllHipHop.com
". Crain's New York Business. Accessed June 15, 2008.

References

External links

* {{Hip hop websites Companies based in New York City Hip hop websites Internet properties established in 1998 American music websites