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Grouchy Greg

Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grouchy.tv - I am Grouchy Greg. I founded AllHipHop in 1996. In addition to running the site, I enjoy breaking news stories. My stories have been cited in The LA Times, NY Times, NY Post, TMZ, Yahoo, Billboard, The Associated Press, CNN, and more.

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Chuck Phillips Let Go By The LA Times

In a drastic effort to reduce mounting expenses, the LA Times has announced the departure of several veteran journalists from their staff.   The cost reduction campaign comes as many print newspaper and magazines are suffering shrinking revenue returns due to online competition.   Chuck Phillips, who won a Pulitzer in 1999 for his work […]

Brooklyn HipHop Festival Recap

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival has always prided itself on showcasing new and established artists during its highly anticipated main performance day. This year was no different, as thousands of Hip-Hop fans swarmed Empire-Fulton State Park to witness performances from 88-Keys, Mickey Factz, Blu & Exile, DJ Premier, Buckshot, and KRS-One.                 The first well received […]

Coolio: The Food

Compton, CA rapper Coolio first came in to the scene as a part of Tha Maad Circle along with W.C. and his brother DJ Crazy Toones. According to Coolio, he was forced to start a solo career after his group-mates left to go on tour with Ice Cube and he was left off. If Coolio […]

Jean Grae: Jeanius

    You lost if you haven’t at least heard of Jeanius in the years, about a presidential term, since it was shamefully bootlegged and placed on a shelf somewhere between Detox and that Nas album wholly produced by DJ Premier. So for the uninitiated, Grae’s current, Talib Kweli helmed recording home of Blacksmith Records […]