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HipHopDX
DX-2023-Wiki-Logo
Type of site
Media
Available inEnglish
HeadquartersLos Angeles
OwnerUproxx Studios
FounderSharath Cherian
EditorJerry L. Barrow
URLwww.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]

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

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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

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