At 13 he was selling crack. By 30 he was a hip-hop legend—having gone, in his words, "from grams to Grammys." Now Jay-Z charts his escape from the hard-knock life, describes the reunion that healed the wounds of his childhood—and even reveals the standing Sunday date he has with what's her name.

Welcome to rap's online overdose

SILKY straight hair has long been considered by many black women to be their crowning glory. So what if getting that look meant enduring the itchy burning that’s a hallmark of many chemical straighteners.

Rakim performed in New York City last night and had an unlikely Hip-Hop figure "open" for the show.

Exercise Fuels Hunger, Not Weight Loss: If Time magazine dedicates an entire cover story to it, then it must be big.

The chrome-domed beauty with a stripper past, who has become a staple of the gossip blogs, already made shaved heads hot this year, and now she’s signed a new contract with Ford Models, and will soon be seen in Kanye’s “Robocop” video. But first up: Amber’s Complex photoshoot.

Our latest recruit "I Go By The Name Of Rafael" attended in NYC "The Rebirth of Hip-Hop" concert series which is aimed to bring awareness to humanitarian issues.

Since a frenchie [Carine Of Zamunda] joined our editorial roster lately, all of us american women in the team wonder is SHE really sexier than us?