Some albums demand ascetic listening, the kind that happens best in solitude or while wearing noise-canceling headphones. Such music has its place, especially in the colder months. But summer is made for the populist records—albums ideally consumed secondhand, whether blaring from the bass-heavy stereos of cars parading down hot, crowded streets or wafting from the open windows of apartments down the block. Last year, no voice cut through the New York City heat with more force than that of Pop Smoke. The Brooklyn rapper, born Bashar Barakah Jackson in the sweltering July of 1999, quickly rose to the forefront of the borough’s emerging drill scene, a corollary to the London and Chicago movements…
DaBaby’s meteoric rise has come coupled with one nagging critique—he often uses the same flow. Following the release of his album, ‘BLAME IT ON BABY,’ DaBaby joined ‘The…
Last month, protests against police brutality and systemic racism erupted across the country, and hip-hop music quickly became part of the movement. For the latest episode of ‘For The…
Complex Canada’s Alex Narvaez caught up with Leon virtually to see how he’s coping with isolation, his next steps, what will become of House of Leon, and his recent work with Kanye West…
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