The 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors, airing tonight at 9/8C, is going to have a Southern twist as it honors the Dirty South with each performance. From Luther 'Luke' Campbell to Jermaine Dupri to Gucci Man...

At last week's 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors taping, actor Jonah Hill made a funny joke in advance of introducing the Jermaine Dupri-saluting segment of the night (it went something like, 'I know when yo...

Master P was nothing if not a visionary. After toiling in the West Coast underground for years and achieving moderate success, P moved back to his birthplace of New Orleans and scooped up the fines...

Yesterday, the taping of VH1's Hip Hop Honors went down in New York City. While our homie Miss Info stayed busy asking the stars what their favorite Southern rap album was, Complex hit the red carp...

When most people think of the Clipse, they think of The Neptunes. Which makes perfect sense since the two Virgina-based duos grew up together and have spent almost the last decade making beautiful ...

Last night, Bun B and friends took over S.O.B's (NYC) for an early set as special guests ranging from Big Daddy Kane, Wale and Paul Wall and more all took their turns surprising the New York crowd....

Timbaland saw the future. That had to be what it was, because arguably no other producer had a more profound effect on the direction of popular music than the Virginia Beach-bred producer. He explo...

With VH1's Hip-Honors 2010: The Dirty South right around the corner, we hit up Houston's Paul Wall to share some of his most memorable grill stories. Along with his new album, 713 coming on July 13...

With Hip Hop Honors on the way, it only made sense for us to talk with the two guys who created it, Fab 5 Freddy and Nelson George. Complex Executive Editor Peter Rubin sat down with the legends to...

Craig Robinson, comic and star of The Office, Hot Tub Time Machine, Shrek Forever After and many more, has signed on to host 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors (airing Monday, June 7 at 9/8c), so we thought we...

Jay Electronica has never held back when venting about how New York has unjustifiably hated on Southern rap in the past, angering many who disagreed, including, most recently, DJ Kay Slay. While th...

Bun B hit off Nahright with the NMC premiere of his collabo with Young Jeezy off that upcoming Trill OG album....and also, he's asked the guys to be part of his 'Bun B. And Friends' show, next Weds...

Thanks to a roster that has included the Geto Boys, Scarface, and Devin The Dude, it was almost impossible not to be influenced by James 'J. Prince' Smith's Rap-A-Lot Records if you grew up listeni...

Formed atop CEO James 'J. Prince' Smith's Houston, Texas car lot in 1986, Rap-A-Lot Records has been around longer than a lot of today's rap stars. Back then, Prince was Lil J and the Geto Boys sti...

Lil Jon talks about how Crunk music is rejuvenated by artist like Waka Flocka Flame VLADTV.com part of the Complex Media Network.

On the ode to Miami's Dade County, 'Born N Raised,' Pitbull refers to Luke as 'The King.' Flipping through our list of 'The 25 Greatest Luke Songs Of All Time,' it's easy to see how the Miami legen...

So today, the VH1 team announced new additions to the upcoming VH1 2010 Hip Hop Honors 'The Dirty South' event, airing June 7th. And along with the previously announced honorees: J. Prince of Rap-A...

The 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors news keeps rolling in, with the above-mentioned artists jumping on board for performances during the show. VH1 talent Chad Ochocinco, Chilli and Terrell Owens are among ...

Who could forget when New Orleans-bred MC Mystikal registered on hip-hop's Richter Scale over a decade ago with his trademark rapid-fire flow delivering such hits as 'Move Bitch,' 'Danger (Been So ...

2 Live Crew will always be remembered for the cursing, which is a fitting legacy for the group that brought 'pussy popping' and 'dick throwing' to the mainstream. But in addition to being an all-ar...

For the first time in the seven-year history of the VH1 Hip Hop Honors, a particular region of the country will be celebrated for its music, influence and artists–and super-producer Timbaland ...

The Hip Hop Honors is known for memorable performances—it's always fun seeing who VH1 recruits each year to cover classic songs by the night's honorees. Who can forget Eminem rocking 'Rock The...

It should be obvious how much respect we have for the Atlanta-based production trio of Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Patrick 'Sleepy' Brown based on our list of 'The 25 Greatest Organized Noize Songs ...

Gucci Mane was released from Fulton County Jail at around 12:15am. He still has to fulfill the community service that he owes the state, but he was released much earlier than his one-year sentence ...

Atlanta hip-hop has seen many changes over the past 25 years—from bass and crunk to snap and the trap—but it was the vision and very different aesthetic of Organized Noize that really put...

After back-to-back multi-platinum albums in 2002 and 2004 with Kings Of Crunk and Crunk Juice respectively, Lil Jon set his eyes on a lofty goal: to craft an album combining his patented Crunk soun...

I'm excited about this year's VH1 2010 Hip Hop Honors event because its a tribute to the Dirty South, but now I'm happy to announce that the MissInfo.tv family will team up with Vh1 and Complex as ...

The first round of performers for the 2010 Vh1 Hip Hop Honors has been announced, as has the host (Craig Robinson of The Office). Check the press release below for full details:

Currently serving a year in Atlanta's Fulton County Jail for violation of parole, Gucci Mane is set to release his all-new Burrrprint 2 mixtape, with some of the verses recorded over the actual jai...

There's been a treasure trove full of memorable chains in the history of hip-hop, but few rappers love their necklaces quite as much as Atlanta's underground king Gucci Mane does. Would you kill fo...

The lesson here is: Riker's Island is not a planetarium for you to be watching the stars, yo. This week, Riker Island corrections officer Amelia Negron got fired for allegedly abusing her sick days...

Atlanta is many things to many people. Musically, the A has given us everything from iggety-underaged rappers with their clothes worn backwards to hard-ass trap music, mindless stripper jams, and a...

The COMPLEX editors explore the A-Z of White Rappers in this comprehensive index.

Here's a new one from Bun B, Yo Gotti and Gucci Mane, 'Countin Money' will be featured on Bun's upcoming album, Trill OG (Thanks Double Dose Ent & Bun B)

Long gone are the days when a previously-untapped region in the South would spark a record label bidding war, a phenomenon that pushed local talent from Houston, Miami, and New Orleans squarely int...

In the midst of the 'Best of the 2000s' media blitz (*cough* here's ours! *cough*), Billboard recently announced its 'Hot 100 Producers' of the decade. It comes as no surprise to find the Neptunes ...