Former President Obama picked Kendrick Lamar over Drake when asked in 2016 who would win in a rap battle. Since his presidency, rappers have had an elevated, if informal, platform in politics, making ...

Jeshi is a rapper from East London who has enjoyed some — but not enough — popularity for his debut album, 2022’s “Universal Credit,” an honest reflection of his life growing up inner-city and poor in ...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill and Lil’ Kim deconstructed barriers that negated the artistic expression of female rappers in mainstream hip-hop music. In their records, ...

This feature, supported by NBA 2K, is Complex UK’s way of celebrating of 50 years of hip-hop—a sound and culture we all love, and cannot live without! You can hear the artists featured in this list ...