news HipHop.com redirected to KanyeWest.com

[john_karr]

Hello,

I did a search on HipHop.com today. HipHop.com redirects to KanyeWest.com. What is you guys thoughts, did Kanye rent the domain name to promote his new album?

 

[JB Lions]

I own KingOfRap.com, he should buy it off me. Or maybe I should redirect it to my site because we all know I can flow. Where you at Kanye, you don't want none of this.

 

[Joseph Green]

I think it's pretty smart after this got a lot of coverage:

Loser.com redirects to Kanye West's Wiki page

 

[N-A]

If Kanye wanted any of these names, he'd just snatch the ownership from under them.

 

[tomcarl]

I own KingOfRap.com, he should buy it off me. Or maybe I should redirect it to my site because we all know I can flow. Where you at Kanye, you don't want none of this.

OR my KingOfHipHop(dot)com

People have died for this title. I'm not letting mine go for less than 15-20K.

1 less night buying out the bar at a club

 

[john_karr]

My favorite rapper Nas. Nas need to buy NAS.com

 

[tomcarl]

KingOfRap would make a nice battle tournament/record label brand imp

 

[john_karr]

Nice name Lions. You should develop it.

 

[N-A]

David Walker the owner said HipHop.com is not for sale. Checkout the article.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/feb/09/urban-hiphop-website

Kanye West Crashes VMA Stage During Taylor Swift’s Award Speech
www.mtv.com/news/1621389/kanye-west-crashes-vma-stage-during-taylor-swifts-award-speech/

'Ye reference...

 

[john_karr]

Say what you want to say about Mr.West. This is brilliant marketing in my opinion. Can you imagine how much traffic HipHop.com get in a month!!!

 

[JB Lions]

He wont being doing that as King Of Rap keywords only covers Rap while the term HipHop covers a broader genre... Even though your domain is nice...

Actually, if you've ever listened to hip hop, they usually say King of Rap. Open up the Google Keyword Tool:
king of rap - 2,900
king of hip hop - 1,000

Both nice phrases but one gets almost 3 times as many searches.

Kanye has even referred to himself as King of Rap in the past, Kendrick Lamar more recently.

or you can be Run DMC and be the King of Rock checking in at 3,600 exact a month

 

[900Worldwide]

My favorite rapper Nas. Nas need to buy NAS.com

True he just dropped a Mixtape today...

 

[JB Lions]

What are your plans with KingOfRap.com? You should develop it.

Nothing really as far as development, just threw up something real quick awhile back:

Awhile back, I threw up a few pages, less than an hour just for fun. Just a poll basically now. I think the poll got hit by 2pac and Eminem's fan page or something. I did have a good friends pic on the home page, he didn't have a sense of humor that day. Don't think he liked the pic I had up

It does rank #1 in Bing for King of Rap, #2 in Yahoo with really no content.

I was hoping a rapper with some ego would buy it off me. I don't think they have as much as they did back in the day, some still do. Need to find the right people to contact, they throw away money on worse stuff.

KingOfRap would make a nice battle tournament/record label brand imp

That's a good idea. I know there are a lot of tournaments/battles.

My favorite rapper Nas.

Mine as well. I feel sorry for kids growing up today with some of the current rappers, many who would be kicked out of the door trying to get a deal. 90's hip hop just destroys what's going on today.

 

[tomcarl]

I think they're both equally good names but since you bring up numbers..

KingOfRap may have a higher search volume but 'Rap' defines a genre of the culture, and the culture is Hip-Hop.

Major media including: BET, MTV, Rolling Stones, TMZ refer to the title as King Of Hip-Hop
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-king-of-hip-hop-20110815

When you type in "King of Rap" on Google, the first thing you read is:

OKP News: Rolling Stone Crowns Eminem “King of Hip-Hop” OK, where to start with this one. As you may have read if you are a) a rap fan and b) get the internet, Rolling Stone Mag this week declared Marshall “Eminem” Mathers as the official (!) “King of Hip-Hop.”

If either of us get an inquiry, let's just join forces and counter @ double.

 

[JB Lions]

I think they're both equally good names but since you bring up numbers..

KingOfRap may have a higher search volume but 'Rap' defines a genre of the culture, and the culture is Hip-Hop.

Major media including: BET, MTV, Rolling Stones, TMZ refer to the title as King Of Hip-Hop
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-king-of-hip-hop-20110815

When you type in "King of Rap" on Google, the first thing you read is:

OKP News: Rolling Stone Crowns Eminem “King of Hip-Hop” OK, where to start with this one. As you may have read if you are a) a rap fan and b) get the internet, Rolling Stone Mag this week declared Marshall “Eminem” Mathers as the official (!) “King of Hip-Hop.”

If either of us get an inquiry, let's just join forces and counter @ double.

Yes, they should buy both our names, cover the bases. I figure 50 cent, P Diddy, Jay-Z, Kanye West have some real money, this would be a nothing purchase to them. The .club guys found a way to contact 50, need to find some real contacts or a broker or something. Do some whois on their sites email them, follow on Twitter with site name, contact their sites about advertising, Hey I'm wondering about buying some advertising for a domain I want to sell, KingOfRap.com and then somebody can let them know. Put it out there on some hip hop forums.

 

[john_karr]

I wonder if Kanye saw this article?

 

[Joseph Green]

I'm sure he heard about the Loser.com redirect. It received a lot of press.

 

[JB Lions]

Nice name Lions. You should develop it.

Awhile back, I threw up a few pages, less than an hour just for fun. Just a poll basically now. I think the poll got hit by 2pac and Eminem's fan page or something. I did have a good friends pic on the home page, he didn't have a sense of humor that day. Don't think he liked the pic I had up

 

[ulterios]

I think it's pretty smart after this got a lot of coverage:

Loser.com redirects to Kanye West's Wiki page

Well that's very creative. At least the owner was smart enough to use domain privacy.

 

[HoloNames]

It's always funny to me, that the US teens prefer Kanye West to guys like Black Thought, Immortal technique or Ras Kass. Damn, if I was a young black teen hating white folks this song below would be me everyday wake-up song. Peace from Europe where teens still listen to Lowkey and Looptroop ;D

 

[john_karr]

David Walker the owner said HipHop.com is not for sale. Checkout the article.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/feb/09/urban-hiphop-website

 

[GBA]

Say what you want to say about Mr.West. This is brilliant marketing in my opinion. Can you imagine how much traffic HipHop.com get in a month!!!

I never understood mixes of music and marketing.

Can you imagine how much traffic from HipHop.com is getting misled by this redirect?

 

[900Worldwide]

I own KingOfRap.com, he should buy it off me. Or maybe I should redirect it to my site because we all know I can flow. Where you at Kanye, you don't want none of this.

He wont being doing that as King Of Rap keywords only covers Rap while the term HipHop covers a broader genre... Even though your domain is nice...

 

[900Worldwide]

I never understood mixes of music and marketing.

Can you imagine how much traffic from HipHop.com is getting misled by this redirect?

If you dont market no sales...

 

[900Worldwide]

While we are talking about the Hip-hop culture... here is an opinion from Promoe from Looptroop, he talks about the difference between the US and EU in Hip Hop and I see it basically the same way, eventhough I don't listen to hip-hop so much nowadays. Btw. here is some most popular rap music from Slovakia right now (don't like the group, but their flow i.e. here ;D and sound are really the best in this region of the world) so you can taste some exotics . The beginning of the leader of that group is here so you can have a few laughs.

Not HipHop, but I would say POP...