HipHopDX

{{short description|Online music magazine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| name = HipHopDX

| logo = DX-2023-Wiki-Logo

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| url = {{URL|www.hiphopdx.com}}

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| type = Media

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| language = English

| owner = Uproxx Studios

| founder = Sharath Cherian

| editor = Jerry L. Barrow

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| location = Los Angeles

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| launch_date = 1999{{cite web|title=Publications {{!}} Cheri Media|url=http://cherimedia.com/publication/|website=CheriMedia.com|publisher=Cheri Media|access-date=24 Jun 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140628074121/http://cherimedia.com/publication/|archive-date=28 June 2014|url-status=dead}}

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HipHopDX is an online magazine of hip hop music criticism and news.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-aug-04-la-et-ms-posthumous-aaliyah-to-come-from-drake-story.html|title=Posthumous Aaliyah album to come from Drake?|work=Los Angeles Times|date=4 August 2012|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=6 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106123849/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/04/entertainment/la-et-ms-posthumous-aaliyah-to-come-from-drake|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/07/jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail-reviews/hiphopdx|title=HipHopDX|author=Insanul Ahmed|date=10 July 2013|work=Complex|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=21 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121103104/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/07/jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail-reviews/hiphopdx|url-status=live}} HipHopDX has over 3.5M monthly readers, the website encompassing hip hop news, interviews, music, and reviews.{{Cite web |title=HipHopDX |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIETeoNRPdEhPDslmyDIXvQ |access-date=2024-11-14 |via=YouTube |language=en}} The website's founder and CEO is Sharath Cherian and the Head of Content is Jerry L. Barrow.{{Cite web|url=https://thirdfloornetwork.com/2016/01/12/trent-clark-joins-hiphopdx-as-managing-editor-the-1-online-source-for-hip-hop-news/|title=Trent Clark Joins HipHopDX As Managing Editor, The #1 Online Source For Hip Hop News|date=2016-01-12|website=Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias|access-date=2017-03-11|archive-date=2016-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328192020/http://thirdfloornetwork.com/2016/01/12/trent-clark-joins-hiphopdx-as-managing-editor-the-1-online-source-for-hip-hop-news/|url-status=dead}} HipHopDX is the flagship publication of Cheri Media Group. HipHopDX can be found on X{{Cite web |title=HipHopDX |url=https://x.com/HipHopDX |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=X}} (formerly Twitter), Instagram,{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/hiphopdx/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=www.instagram.com}} Facebook,{{Cite web |title=HipHopDX |url=https://www.facebook.com/HipHopDX/?locale=bg_BG |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=Facebook}} YouTube,{{Cite web |title=HipHopDX |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/HipHopDX |access-date=2024-11-14 |via=YouTube |language=en}} and TikTok.{{Cite web |title=HipHopDX |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@hiphopdx |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=TikTok}}

In September 2020, the website was acquired by Warner Music Group;{{Cite web|url = https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-acquires-hip-hop-media-platform-hiphopdx|title = Warner Music Group acquires hip-hop media platform HipHopDX|date = 15 September 2020|access-date = 20 September 2020|archive-date = 23 September 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200923062523/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-music-group-acquires-hip-hop-media-platform-hiphopdx/|url-status = live}} however, the website was sold in 2024 to Uproxx Studios, managed by will.i.am, Jarret Myer, and Rich Antoniello.{{Cite web |last=King |first=Ashley |date=2024-04-24 |title=Warner Music Sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, Dime Magazine |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/04/24/warner-music-sells-uproxx-hiphopdx-dime-magazine/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Digital Music News |language=en-US}} HipHopDX's Director of Hip Hop Journalism, Elliott Wilson, is a co-host (with DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht) on The Bigger Picture, a weekly hip-hop debate show managed by Uproxx Studios.{{Cite web |title=Our Staff |url=https://hiphopdx.com/staff |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The Bigger Picture |url=https://art19.com/shows/the-bigger-picture |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=ART19}}

HipHopDX was nominated for "Best Hip Hop Online Site" at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2012/nominees/best-hip-hop-online-site.html|title=Best Hip Hop Online Site|date=12 September 2012|work=BET.com|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=10 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110110810/http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2012/nominees/best-hip-hop-online-site.html|url-status=dead}} On September 3, 2013, The Source named HipHopDX, number three on their 2013 Digital Power 30 list, which ranks websites that are the most popular in the hip hop industry.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/the-source-2013-digital-power-30|title=WorldStarHipHop Tops The Source's 2013 Digital Power 30 List|author=Complex Magazine|date=3 September 2013|work=Complex|access-date=5 November 2013|archive-date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906053413/http://www.complex.com/music/2013/09/the-source-2013-digital-power-30|url-status=live}}