CNN of the Ghetto

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Following up on that McDonald’s beating video led me down a rabbit hole to something called WorldStarHipHop, which, according to its Wikipedia entry, averages over one million unique visitors a day:

Described by VIBE as a “remnant of the Geocities generation”, the site regularly features public fighting caught on tape, music videos and other content targeted to young Black-American audiences. In response to complaints that World Star gives a negative portrayal of the African American community, O’Denat calls the site the “CNN of the ghetto.” “We’re just the messenger,” O’Denat says. “Maybe that will help Blacks or minorities say, ‘Wow, I don’t want to be on World Star, I don’t want to be on blast.’”

It’s like there’s a whole ‘nuther Internet out there, from a parallel universe.

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