AllHipHop

And then his other co-founder who we have with us today is none other than the legendary Delaware, Delawarean Grouchy Greg Watkins.

Dr. Grouchy Greg Watkins is a Newark, Delaware-raised entrepreneur, journalist, and co-founder of AllHipHop.com, one of the pioneering digital platforms covering hip-hop culture.

Launched in 1998 with Chuck Jigsaw Creekmore, All Hip Hop has earned national recognition, while Greg has spent more than 25 years reporting on hip hop and building opportunities in media, technology, advertising and education.

Greg has also maintained strong ties at Delaware, including mentoring students at Delaware State University and previously covering Delaware artists, businesses, and events for the News Journal.

All right.

So I guess to start, so first, we want to thank you for coming on the show and, you know, being able to explain to our listeners more about the Hip Hop Cultural Summit.

But, you know, I guess to start off, for people who may not be familiar, can you can you kind of tell us the story about AllHipHop.com and how that got started?

Yeah, absolutely.

Not that he had to, but I guess he felt compelled to address it, 'cause it was such a big thing at the time.

And, um, I remember my wife's brother actually filmed it on his phone, and, like, allhiphop.com stole it off his Facebook and put, like, that clip up, uh, unauthorized.

They never asked him for permission.

They just yanked it off his Facebook, 'cause it was him ...

They're out here protecting our peace.

So this is from allhiphop.com and Law Commentary.

Outkast, they have a trademark company called High Schoolers LLC.

They sued a rapper and producer, Silas Wilson, in federal court in Georgia.

You know, uh, I remember there was two hip hop websites.

It was SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com, and All Hip Hop had the, uh, the rumor section, and there was a guy named Illseed.

I still to this day don't know who Illseed is, but he would say, "Yo, if you got, you know, tips or rumors or whatever it is, send them in." So I would just send him my interviews.

And I remember one time I sent him a interview I did with Bun B, and Bun B had said when Pimp C was coming home.