5 Disturbing Quotes From NY Mag’s Story On “Semi-Swag Hip Hop Blog” WorldStarHipHop

I guess you've really made it when New York Magazine decides to write an entire feature on your God-awful Website. And unfortunately World Star Hip Hop has made it folks.

Now I'm sure no one wants to waste their time reading an entire story on World Star Hip Hop so I've gone ahead and pulled some of the more interesting parts of the magazine's story.

1. "An underground hip-hop blog has become an alterna-YouTube, where slick rap videos and grainy footage of subway brawls and mall fights get over a million views a day."

World Star Hip Hop is not "an underground hip-hop blog." I'm not sure in what context the writer was using the words "underground hip-hop," but it doesn't work for either of them. WSHH has been quite popular for years now so it's far from underground and I'm pretty sure WSHH isn't posting any Sage Francis videos so that "underground Hip-Hop part" is definitely a miss as well.

2. "'WorldStar,' for those who don’t know, is WorldStarHipHop.com , which started in 2005 as just one more semi-swag hip-hop blog eventually featuring homemade videos of rappers and 'sticky page' pix of buxom ladies."

Pretty sure WSHH isn't a "semi-swag hip-hop blog" either. But then again I have absolutely no clue what a "semi-swag hip-hop blog" is so I could be wrong with this one.

3. "With 1.1 million people visiting the site’s archaically funky layout per day, WSHH, as of last week, was ranked the 278th-most-visited URL in the U.S., according to Alexa. This was ahead of Slate, CBS, and Merriam-­Webster, and right behind Sprint and Travelocity."

I knew WSHH was unfortunately racking up the views, but over a million people visiting per day? That's truly disturbing. I also found it pretty hilarious that WSHH receives more views than the dictionary. Looks like illiteracy wins yet again.

4. "The $600-a-day fee is steep, but as Q contends, 'It’s worth it. Everyone in the industry looks at the site every day.'"

Realistically speaking how many rappers have been "discovered" thanks to a video they posted on WSHH? The only thing you're paying for are the inflated numbers your video will likely get. And I won't even comment on the completely ridiculous $600 fee.

5. "This is one of the big questions about WSHH: exactly where hip-hop begins and ends. D.J. Vlad, who runs WSHH’s more 'upscale' competitor VladTV, said, 'Hip-hop is anything of interest to urban people. If Chris Paul gets traded, that’s hip-hop, if Sean Bell gets shot, that’s hip-hop. If people get into fights, it’s too bad, but that’s hip-hop, too.'"

First off, that VladTV sure is "upscale." Second, it's extremely disturbing what these people think Hip-Hop is. I'm sorry, but two crackheads fighting on the A train is not Hip-Hop.