Quincy Jones III Partners With Neo Studios and Quincy Newell’s TwentyOne14 On Series Chronicling ‘All Hip-Hop’ Website
Variety reported that global production company Neo Studios has inked a co-pro deal with Quincy Newell’s content company TwentyOne14 Media to create unscripted projects. The partnership’s first project is “All Hip-Hop” (working title), with director, producer and composer Quincy Jones III (“QD3”) attached.
“All Hip-Hop” is a four-part series depicting the story, legacy and impact of AllHipHop.com, a hip-hop news site created by Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur and Greg “Grouchy” Watkins and in 1998. Since its inception, the site has provided news for hip-hop consumers. The series will show the site’s evolution and how it reflected hip-hop and affected the genre. Celebrities and music journalists will join Creekmur and Watkins as the series chronicles headlines that impacted the industry.
“We are thrilled to partner with QD3, Neo Studios and TwentyOne14 Media to tell the incredible story of AllHipHop and showcase how we laid the blueprint for the modern era of hip-hop websites and influencers, and brought the culture into the digital age,” said Watkins and Creekmur in a joint statement. “For 25 years, the site has been the go-to for exclusives, and we look forward to sharing the stories behind the stories.”
Jones has worked on projects including the documentary “The Carter” about Lil Wayne, the biopic “Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel” and Netflix’s “The Art of Organized Noise.”