Alex Gale

The veteran MC, who says he doesn’t want to be rapping in his 50s, is learning new instruments and designing shoes with Tretorn as he enters middle age.

From A to Z, the life and times of Jay Z.

Somehow, 2017 is on pace to top 2016 in terms of amazing releases, with artists like Future, Drake, and Kendrick putting out great projects.

When it comes to hip-hop, how do you decide what a classic is? Complex staffers weigh in.

While Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Godfather' wears the mob movie crown, these mafia films are vying for its throne. Can any of them live up to the greatest

From Kanye West's sure to be scrutinized 'Turbo Grafx 16' to debut albums from Young M.A and Lil Yachty, these are the most anticipated projects of 2017.

They're not necessarily bad songs (though some are) but they're certainly the weakest tracks on otherwise amazing albums.

When Jay Z released his debut album, 'Reasonable Doubt,' in 1996 it was an hailed as an instant classic. Except maybe it wasn't?

The 50 songs written about here all have at least one fierce champion on our staff; most have more than one. These are the songs we cared about the most.

Racists and sexists and war-mongers, oh my! Donald Trump is assembling a murderer's row of bad guys for his administration.

These are the best rappers out right now in their 20s.

The story of hip-hop's first movie, as told by the people who made it. Released in 1983, the best film ever made about hip-hop is also the first.

Ja Rule talks about making smash hits with Ashanti, Charli Baltimore, and of course, Jennifer Lopez.

Read Ja Rule's first post-prison interview.

Rebutting the lames.

Who were the best-dressed MCs in hip-hop history?

See them before they're headlining.

Man, you had to be there.