Hip-Hop Universe

Hip-Hop Universe (born: ) is a German YouTuber who primarily uploads hip-hop and rap videos including comparisons, evolutions, rankings, and countdowns.
==History==
During a Q&A on his YouTube channel, Hip-Hop Universe revealed that he was born on August 27, 1994, and is from Germany. He came from a poor background, and later studied Japanese and computer science. Hip-Hop Universe's first experience with rap was in 2003 after listening to 50 Cent, Eminem, and DMX on MTV Germany. As a child, Hip-Hop Universe thought 50 Cent and Eminem made a good team, Eminem being hilarious and 50 Cent being badass, yet he was initially somewhat scared of DMX and his aggressive rapping. Whenever his parents would take him to the Apple Store, Hip-Hop Universe would listen to songs by 50 Cent, Eminem, and DMX via the iPods on display, which helped strengthen his interest in hip-hop.
In 2007, after having his attention driven away from the mainstream by then-popular rappers such as Soulja Boy, Hip-Hop Universe began listening to Tupac's music. Around that time, he began seeing YouTube videos of Tupac's death and autopsy and felt horrified, yet also gained stronger respect for Tupac's life and legacy as a result. Hip-Hop Universe then discovered hundreds of other rappers over the following years. Prior to creating his YouTube channel, Hip-Hop Universe spent much of his formative years editing videos and coding websites, which would turn out to be preparation for his future career. On a community post,https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugx0Mru5DJeWWu1-yP94AaABCQ Hip-Hop Universe explained that he had been making YouTube videos since 2008 on his first channel, was popular even back then, and that he was the first hip-hop compilation YouTuber.
Hip-Hop Universe created his second and most popular YouTube channel on April 13, 2016. From 2016 to 2017, most of his videos typically praised old-school hip-hop while harshly criticizing new-school (with most of his criticism being directed at mumble rap and trap), leading to his detractors nicknaming him "Old Head Universe". After listening to the criticism, Hip-Hop Universe began making more videos from 2018 onwards that showed new-school hip-hop in a more positive light, showcasing some of his favorite new-school rappers such as Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Logic, Joyner Lucas, Earl Sweatshirt, and Childish Gambino, and he also changed his mind on rappers he previously criticized like Kanye West, Young Jeezy, Hopsin, Chance the Rapper, Meek Mill, XXXTentacion, Travis Scott, Tyler, the Creator, Drake, A$AP Rocky, 21 Savage, 2 Chainz, and Big Sean.
In his videos, Hip-Hop Universe often includes clips from popular movies and TV shows, such as Spider-Man, The Matrix, Dinner for Schmucks, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Dark Knight, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Pulp Fiction. He remixes, splices, and edits the clips in a humorous way, akin to that of a YouTube Poop. In more recent videos, he has done voiceovers to footage of him playing Star Wars Battlefront 2. Previously, Hip-Hop Universe edited his videos using iMovie on Mac OS X, but after his old laptop died in 2017, he got a new Acer laptop and switched to using a cheaper editor on Windows 10.
Hip-Hop Universe is a big fan of the rapper Canibus, often including him in countdowns. Some people think he overpraises Canibus or shoehorns him into too many videos, to the point where people have joked that Hip-Hop Universe is secretly Canibus.
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:German YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016
Category:One million subscribers