About Us

Rap Basement - About Us

The RapBasement.com Network was established in 1999 with a group of fan sites coming together to create one of the largest, most trafficked, fan networks in the world. Creators, David Murray and Jason Wagner, went on to create RapBasement.com in 2002, expanding to become a leading authority in the Rap & Hip Hop lifestyle.

RapBasement.com has strived to and since became a leading source for daily news, multimedia, interviews, reviews and more for the Hip Hop, Rap and R&B genre. Our goal is to actively promote Hip Hop & Rap and provide the fans of it with as much information as possible.

Traffic Growth
Currently in 2009 alone, RapBasement.com is up over 46% for the year, out pacing almost all other websites. RapBasement.com is also the number 2 trafficked hip hop/rap website in the world. To view a graph of our traffic verses other websites, click here.



In addition to the website, RapBasement.com has been establishing a growing community of Hip Hop & Rap fans via it’s message board and online community.

In 2007 VH1 recognized RapBasement.com by presenting it with the “Best Hip Hop Lifestyle” website, beating out such competitors as BET.com. You can view the award by clicking here.

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