Innovation is no longer a prerequisite for success in a hip-hop galaxy built on marketing formulas, video budgets, gangster posing and conspicuous consumption of name-brand luxuries. But it was alive ...

Imagine getting a birthday invitation to dress like rappers in 2025. What exactly do you even wear? Skinny jeans? The 50-plus-year-old genre has had distinct moments within the fashion industry in the ...

Hip Hop freestyles from the 1990s represent some of the genre's most electrifying and pivotal moments, often serving as launching pads for iconic careers. This piece explores standout performances ...

AFTER TEN YEARS AS A MIX-TAPE DJ, KARINA TOLIVER, known on the streets of New York as DJ Lazy K, names one accomplishment with extra pride: Several years ago, she was of fered a track by “this new hot ...

Jazz and hip-hop share the same cultural lineage in the music culture. Jazz emerged out of many different types of black music such as slave songs, ragtime and the blues. And much like jazz, hip-hop - ...

For years, hip-hop has had an interesting and lucrative relationship with corporate America. Take last year for example. With the release of its annual list of top earning hip-hop acts, Forbes noted ...

Was the 1990s the greatest decade in hip hop? We can all agree that it's certainly one of its most formative eras. A decade where the genre and culture exploded from its New York City origins into a ...

Who had the best rap album of the '90s? Ask your inner 11-year-old. Yesterday, Complex posted our list of the 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s. The process of deciding what made the cut and what did not ...