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Chinese hackers took down popular Hip-Hop website TheSource.com overnight. When the site returned on Friday morning, the front page was covered in Chinese advertising.

Visitors to theSource.com on Friday found a page full of Chinese symbols rather than stories about their favorite rappers.

The Source magazine was founded in 1988 by Harvard University students David Mays and Jonathan Shecter. Their one page newsletter evolved into a full-color magazine dubbed “the bible of hip-hop.”

The Source‘s “5 mics” rating became a significant achievement for hip-hop artists.

The Source has over 800K followers on X (Twitter).

The website hacking is part of the ongoing trade war between China and the United States.

President Trump’s tariff announcement sent the U.S. stock market into a nosedive this week.

The cyber attack is apparently in response to tariffs announced by U.S President Donald Trump.

China retaliated by imposing a 34% tariff on all goods exported to the U.S. The tariff war sent the U.S. stock market spiraling on Thursday.

Tariffs are taxes on imported goods, meaning the price of everything will rise since most of our goods are imported from foreign countries.

The tariffs will make Shein and Temu orders more expensive. Car parts and appliances will be more expensive to buy.

Etsy and Amazon sellers will also be affected by the tariff war.

American workers and retirees are terrified that their 401(k) retirement accounts will see massive losses.