After fourteen years, I’m shutting down my website italianrap.com.
Launched in December 1998, italianrap.com soon became a point of encounter for members of the Italian diaspora, as hip hop heads from around the world reached out to me. The site’s bulletin board was a place where folks from Australia, Canada, Belgium, Italy, France, United States, and other points on the hip hop planet came together.
On August 30th, my personal website italianrap.com will cease to exist.
You chose: hip hop
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