Criticism ĭavid Zurawik of The Baltimore Sun said in 2012 that 'Now in its sixth year, WorldStar is seen by many critics as yet another example of the coarsening of U.S. After a five-year battle, Jackson finally won the case against WorldStar. He explained that O'Denat tarnished his image by having his image up on the site without his permission. Jackson claimed that WorldStar and O'Denat used his images on the website which led people to believe that he was one of the owners of the site. Rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) also sued WorldStarHipHop in 2009 for using his image on their site without his permission. He explained that WS did not have his permission to put up the video of the fight. He filed for a takedown notice so that WSHH would take down the video. Hitting Her With Body Shots).' Shortly after the video was posted Scott was given copyright to the video by Mr. WSHH names the video 'Disgraceful: College Fight In NYC Breaks Out Between A Guy, His Girl & Another Girl In Class! (Man Strong Arm's The Student. WorldStarHipHop, a video surfaced of a fight between a man (Scott) and his current and former girlfriend. WorldStarHipHop has been in cases involving lawsuits for copyright infringement. O'Reilly said, 'I believe the Secret Service should arrest the parents of this kid and the purveyor of the website (Q)', calling it a 'crime' that this was allowed up after the video was banned on other sites. Controversies īill O'Reilly attacked WorldStarHipHop and its president after watching a video of a kid talking about his plans to kill then-president George W. The video received about one million views in a single day. Edwards became so well known that it trended on Twitter along with the name 'WorldStarHipHop'. Edwards, beating another woman, went viral. One 2012 video, showing an Elyria, Ohio ( Greater Cleveland) woman, Tashay D. In some videos of violent fights, people chant 'World Star' in recognition that the video may be posted on the website. On January 23, 2017, founder and CEO Lee 'Q' O'Denat died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at the age of 43, with morbid obesity as a contributing factor. Diddy with a promotional video of Cîroc vodka having premiered on WorldStar. He added 'Once we went 100 percent video, showing that original hood stuff, we prevailed.' īy 2012 companies and artists were using the platform as an advertising tool, including P. O'Denat said that this led to tension between the two websites.

O'Denat used the setup of, a website which had already been distributing similar material. Thereafter, WorldStar focused on hip hop beefs which were previously popular through 'street DVDs' such as Smack, The Come Up and others. O'Denat later restarted it as a content aggregator. Shortly after the website's launch, hackers destroyed the website. He started the website in August 2005 with Ari Armani as a distributor of mixtapes. Lee 'Q' O'Denat was a Hollis, Queens–based hip-hop fan who attended Grover Cleveland High School before graduating. Jeff Himmelman of The New York Times stated in 2013 that the website 'does many things but mostly hosts videos of fights.' īy 2012, BET had voted WorldStarHipHop as the 'top hip hop and urban culture website' for three years in a row. 'The site's popularity has created a sort of voyeuristic feedback loop, in which disassociated bystanders immediately videotape shocking incidents and act as if they're already watching a video on the Internet'. Many of the early videos of shocking events had gone viral. The website first became infamous for posting shock videos. O'Denat who referred to himself as a ' Haitian ghetto nerd', described WorldStarHipHop as the ' CNN of the ghetto'. Described by Vibe as a 'remnant of the Geocities generation', the site regularly features shocking events caught on video, music videos and assorted content targeted to young audiences. The site, operated by Worldstar, LLC, was founded by Lee 'Q' O'Denat. Founded in 2005, the site averages 1.2 million unique visitors a day. WorldStarHipHop is a content-aggregating video blog.

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