Scratch was owned by
Harris Publications, the same company that publishes the popular hip-hop magazine
XXL, as well as
King,
Rides and
Slam.
Scratch debuted in January 2004, Various hip-hop producers, DJs and rappers have graced their cover, including
Dr. Dre,
The Neptunes,
RZA,
Lil Jon,
Kanye West,
DJ Drama,
Timbaland,
Jermaine Dupri,
Mannie Fresh,
Just Blaze and
Eminem. Starting with its March–April 2007 issue,
Scratch was relaunched as
XXL Presents Scratch. It then operated under the wing of
XXL Magazine, with ''XXL's
former Senior Editor, Online, Brendan Frederick, acting as the new editor-in-chief and XXL's'' current editor-in-chief,
Elliott Wilson, overseeing the magazine as the editorial director. It was announced that the Nov–Dec 2007 issue of Scratch (with Timbaland and 50 Cent on the cover) would be the final issue of the magazine. Harris Publications folded the magazine for unknown reasons. ==References==