In the nascent days of the internet, pages like Stinke’s tHa thReshHold were the only places where internet-savvy hip-hop fans could find online info about their favorite rap acts.
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Press that appeared online, including interviews and features about the hip-hop group Hieroglyphics and its groundbreaking website, Hieroglyphics.com, from 1995 to 2001.
“The net is going to be bigger than television,” says Tajai. “It’s going to be something where everybody is connected.”
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‘Hip-Hop Honors Online Progeny,’ WIRED
Artists like Hieroglyphics, who use the web to advance the hip-hop cause, bask in the klieg lights of the Online Hip-Hop Awards.
At the 1999 Online Hip-Hop Awards, the Hieroglyphics won big in two categories.
Sites like Hieroglyphics.com connected like-minded fans and forged relationships. Author John Morrison explores early online hip-hop.
Hustling & innovations online lead to the establishment of Hiero Day: an officially-recognized holiday in the city of Oakland, California.
Tajai of Souls of Mischief shares the history of going from major label to indie, touring the world, pioneering on the Internet and creating a business.
The members of the Hieroglyphics rely on the Internet to get their message and their music out to fans.
When you’re running the Hieroglyphics’ official fan-controlled website as Yameen Friedberg is, you’re privy to details few people know about making music.
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‘No Fear of an MP3 Planet,’ Salon
Hiphop group Hieroglyphics has used its Website not only as a community, but as a place to distribute its music after being dropped by its record label.