When you think about love in rap, Common's "The Light" is an essential example. From his album "Like Water for Chocolate", Common raps heartfelt lines of devotion over a mesmerizing J Dilla beat, ...

2022 was a huge year for female rap, with a seemingly endless stream of breakout hits from talented female emcees. The source of that stream? TikTok. One look at any “artists to watch” list for 2023 ...

In what is positioned to address a growing issue for music artists, particularly in the hip-hop genre, a new bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressmen Hank Johnson ...

Two hundred seems like an almost luxuriantly expansive number when you’re making an albums list, and in any other genre, maybe it would be. But the history of rap LPs is so rich and varied, we were ...

Ms. Lee is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and a 2021-22 Knight-Wallace reporting fellow. March 30, 2022 Tommy Munsdwell Canady was in middle school when he wrote his first rap ...

Uncle Murda is known for his unflinching tales of street violence and for annually airing out the culture via his “Rap Up” series. In the “Rap Up 2021” drop, the Brooklyn veteran takes an ugly swipe ...

It’s brutal out there, and that’s why, more than ever, we needed the consoling and prodding pleasures of popular music to help everything make sense in here. [Stage direction: taps chest, knowingly.] ...

It’s time to select your top contributors to the culture as we recognize those who helped advance the scene in 2021. 2021 was an incredible year for battle rap, with some of the most impactful cards ...

Skillz has decided to release a “2021 Rap Up” song despite previously claiming he was done with the annual Hip Hop tradition. Skillz recently claimed he wouldn’t release a “Rap Up” song for 2021, but ...

It’s our favorite time of the year at Complex Music. We’ve already celebrated all the best songs and albums of the year, and now it’s time to answer the question: Who had the best rap verse of 2021?