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With a vast knowledge of Hip Hop dating back to the early 1980's and record shop management for almost a decade in the naughties, a gap in the web site market was calling out for.

Successfully wining a small business loan from The Prince's Trust, a British young entrepreneurs charity, Rapshack.co.uk was born. Supplying record shops in the East of England whilst constructing the site nurtured the brand name and built a customer base. After a year of blood, sweat and tears the website was ready to go live.

Constructing the site with no web knowledge and little computer knowledge proved challenging yet exciting. Within a month of going live orders from as far away as New Zealand were being made, proving that all the hard work in setting up the site had been worth it.

A year after starting up, Rapshack.co.uk was awarded an enterprising award from The Prince's Trust for the best business in it's region. The owner, Adam had a chance to flex his other skill, Scratching and DJing before A-List celebrities such as Will Smith, Thandie Newton and Joanna Lumley to name a few at a charity gig held by The Prince' Trust at the prestigious 5 star London hotel, The Dorchester.

Two years later into the game, a 'bricks and mortar' shop was opened and sponsorship of the 'Album Of The Month' in the longest running Hip Hop magazine, Hip Hop Connection saw the success of the Rapshack brand grow. Unfortunately the magazine is no longer running as a paper format and unforeseen circumstances with the premises led to a premature closure of the shop. Determined and passionate this was seen as a mere set back. The Rapshack crew were not willing to lay down their guns yet!!

Just after 3 years of going live Rapshack.co.uk is now ranked number 1 on Google* and Yahoo** and is one of the fastest growing on line record shops for UK and Import Hip Hop, Funk Vinyl and CDs, DVDs, magazines, rarities and collectables to arise from the U.K.

If it's a new Hip Hop Vinyl release, a hot CD you are after or a fly looking T Shirt, then Rapshack.co.uk has it all. Check out the video pages for some live action or the Blogspot for news on releases, special Hip Hop features, news and special offers. Also why not join the Rapshack.co.uk group on Facebook or befriend us on Myspace?

Thanks for reading and we hope that you will join us in our continuing success in the years to come.

Happy Diggin'.

The Rapshack crew. Peace!!

*when searching, "import Hip Hop"
**when searching, "import rap" correct at time of print 12/2009