AllHipHop

The website was founded in 1998 by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur.{{cite web |url=http://allhiphop.com/languages/en-US/docs/about.aspx |title=About All Hip Hop |website=AllHipHop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905201041/http://allhiphop.com/languages/en-US/docs/about.aspx |accessdate=June 15, 2008|archive-date=September 5, 2007 }} 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.{{cite news |url=http://remixmag.com/production/music_business/remix_staying_power |title=Staying Power |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512073622/http://remixmag.com/production/music_business/remix_staying_power/ |archivedate=2008-05-12 |work=Remix |date=March 1, 2008 |accessdate=June 15, 2008}} 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.{{cite news |author=Pattison, Kermit |date=February 2008 |url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080201/allhiphopcoms-founders-thought-a-weeklong-event-would-raise.html |title=Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growth |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621145152/http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080201/allhiphopcoms-founders-thought-a-weeklong-event-would-raise.html |archivedate=2008-06-21 |work=Inc. |accessdate=June 15, 2008}}

On August 12, 2017, AllHipHop announced a partnership with Maven, a company based in Seattle, to manage its entire digital media platform.{{cite web |url=https://www.themaven.net/allhiphop/ic-thereason/allhiphop-com-same-content-same-owners-new-tech-platform-vtHZi4Fb10qEIhfTAKBeAg |first1=Greg |last1=Watkins |first2=Chuck |last2=Creekmur |title=AllHipHop.com: Same Content, Same Owners - New Tech Platform |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012010/https://www.themaven.net/allhiphop/ic-thereason/allhiphop-com-same-content-same-owners-new-tech-platform-vtHZi4Fb10qEIhfTAKBeAg |archivedate=2018-01-17 |website=Maven |date=August 12, 2017}}

Figures from May 2008{{needs update|date=December 2023}} show it attracted over 37 million page views a month.{{cite news |author=Fung, Amanda |date=May 13, 2008 |url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/FREE/10335708 |title=Radio One inks ad deal with AllHipHop.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929020615/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080513%2FFREE%2F10335708 |archivedate=2008-09-29 |work=Crain's New York Business |accessdate=June 15, 2008}}

In 2006, AllHipHop won the Rising Stars Award from Black Enterprise magazine.{{cite news|url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/al-roker-taps-top-black-female-talent-livestreaming-company/ |title=Al Roker Taps Top Black Female Executive for Livestreaming Company|work=Blackenterprise.com}}

Essence magazine dubbed AllHipHop "the CNN of hip-hop" in 2008.{{cite news |author=Pattison, Kermit |date=February 2008 |url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080201/allhiphopcoms-founders-thought-a-weeklong-event-would-raise.html |title=Allhiphop.com's Founders Thought a Weeklong Event Would Raise the Company's Profile and Boost Growt |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621145152/http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080201/allhiphopcoms-founders-thought-a-weeklong-event-would-raise.html |archivedate=2008-06-21 |work=Inc. |accessdate=June 15, 2008}}

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