Hip Hop Republican is a combined music and politics blog started in 2004 by Richard Ivory.[1] Ivory says that he started the blog in part because of frustration with the belief that blacks must be democrats.[2] The blog was credited with giving conservative blacks a sense of community during the 2008 presidential election when they were often expected to vote in solidarity with Barack Obama.[3]
The blog has since expanded to feature many other commentators along side Ivory, including Lenny McAllister.[4] The term "hip hop republican" as popularized by the blog has become an identity for some young black republicans.[5]