HipHopDX

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HipHopDX
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Type of site
 Media
Available inEnglish
Headquarters Los Angeles
OwnerUproxx Studios
Founder(s) Sharath Cherian
EditorJerry L. Barrow
URL www.hiphopdx.com
Launched1999 [1]
Current statusActive

HipHopDX is an online magazine of hip hop music criticism and news. [2] [3] HipHopDX has over 3.5M monthly readers, the website encompassing hip hop news, interviews, music, and reviews. [4] The website's founder and CEO is Sharath Cherian and the Head of Content is Jerry L. Barrow. [5] HipHopDX is the flagship publication of Cheri Media Group. [1] HipHopDX can be found on X [6] (formerly Twitter), Instagram, [7] Facebook, [8] YouTube, [9] and TikTok. [10]

Contents

In September 2020, the website was acquired by Warner Music Group; [11] however, the website was sold in 2024 to Uproxx Studios, managed by will.i.am, Jarret Myer, and Rich Antoniello. [12] 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. [13] [14]

HipHopDX was nominated for "Best Hip Hop Online Site" at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. [15] 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. [16]

Year-end awards

Source [17]

MC/Rapper of the Year

Album of the Year

Producer of the Year

Verse of the Year

Mixtape/EP of the Year

Rising Star/Rookie/Come up of the Year

Non Hip Hop Album/R&B Album of the Year

Slept On/Underrated Album of the Year

Comeback of the Year

Music Video of the Year

R&B Artist of the Year

R&B Song of the Year

Beat of the Year

Collab of the Year

Hip Hop Song of the Year

References

  1. 1 2 "Publications | Cheri Media". CheriMedia.com. Cheri Media. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Posthumous Aaliyah album to come from Drake?". Los Angeles Times. August 4, 2012. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Insanul Ahmed (July 10, 2013). "HipHopDX". Complex. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "HipHopDX" . Retrieved November 14, 2024– via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Trent Clark Joins HipHopDX As Managing Editor, The #1 Online Source For Hip Hop News". Roslynn Alba Cobarrubias. January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ "HipHopDX". X. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ "HipHopDX". Facebook. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  9. ↑ "HipHopDX" . Retrieved November 14, 2024– via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "HipHopDX". TikTok. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Warner Music Group acquires hip-hop media platform HipHopDX". September 15, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  12. ↑ King, Ashley (April 24, 2024). "Warner Music Sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, Dime Magazine". Digital Music News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Our Staff". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  14. ↑ "The Bigger Picture". ART19. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Best Hip Hop Online Site". BET.com. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  16. ↑ Complex Magazine (September 3, 2013). "WorldStarHipHop Tops The Source's 2013 Digital Power 30 List". Complex. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  17. ↑ The following sources are to reference each of each year's awards:
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