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 ...

The underground mixtape has long been a staple in hip-hop, with blended DJ selections being all the rage throughout the '90s. But this decade saw the format mutate: Rappers began to take matters into ...

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 - ...

The 90s and 00s birthed today's Hip Hop style icons. Although it’s always fun to take a trip down memory lane and get nostalgic about the 90s, we can’t forget that the early 2000s gave us some looks ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the other hand, rappers like Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, and Gangsta Boo dared to push the boundaries of how women should dress, opting for sexy form-fitting silhouettes and exposed undergarments that ...

Thanks to festivals like Coachella, SXSW and Paid Dues Hip-Hop legends are being instagramed into the timelines of a new generation of fans. DJ Quik is one of the many respected artists taking it to ...