Dan Charnas

When it comes to major label deals, Chance the Rapper doesn’t have to play anyone’s game but his own.

Interscope Records' president of urban music talks his rise in hip-hop, his departure from Def Jam Records, and the real definition of power.

The Big Payback, author Dan Charnas breaks down who was best at the coveted music industry position.

Lighty's life was the great arc of hip-hop, personified.

As the cofounder of Def Jam celebrates his birthday, Complex counts down the productions that made him a legend.

Fifteen years after Tupac Shakur's murder, we examine some key turning points in Makaveli's life and death.