• July 2, 2008

iHipHop, a social entertainment and information site aimed at fans of hip-hop culture, today is expected to announce its launch as an online community offering hip-hop music, videos, news, forums, commerce and social networking tools.

Formerly CrackSpace.com, iHipHop launches with nearly 800,000 users, according to the company. The new site is launching with new and updated features, including user-profile widgets, video chat, blogs, and a hip-hop wiki, for users to engage with the community.

The company's founder and chief executive, Charles L. "Chuck" Wilson Jr., is also founder and chief executive of Babygrande Records, a New York-based record label. Before founding Babygrande, Wilson was director of A&R for a major label, Priority Records, and director of business affairs for Black Entertainment Television.

IHipHop, a property of Triumph Media Holdings, Inc., was formerly operated as CrackSpace.com and launched in November 2006 as one of the Web's first hip-hop social networks.

--Gavin O'Malley