WorldStarHipHop
content aggregating video blog
WorldStarHipHop is a content-aggregating video blog. Founded in 2005, the site averaged 1.2 million unique visitors a day in 2011. The site, operated by Worldstar, LLC, was founded by Lee "Q" O'Denat. Described by Vibe as a "remnant of the GeoCities generation", the site regularly features shocking events caught on video, music videos and assorted content targeted to young audiences. O'Denat, who referred to himself as a "Haitian ghetto nerd", described WorldStarHipHop as the "CNN of the ghetto".
The website first became infamous for posting shock videos. Many of the early videos of shocking events had gone viral. According to Gothamist's John Del Signore, "The site's popularity has created a sort of voyeuristic feedback loop, in which disassociated bystanders immediately videotape shocking incidents and act as if they're already watching a video on the Internet". Jeff Himmelman of The New York Times stated in 2013 that the website "does many things but mostly hosts videos of fights."
By 2012, BET had voted WorldStarHipHop as the "top hip hop and urban culture website" for three years in a row.
History
Initial launch
Lee "Q" O'Denat (November 2, 1973 – January 23, 2017) was a Hollis, Queens–based hip-hop fan who graduated from Grover Cleveland High School.
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