Complex dedicates their first digital cover of 2018 to one of the hottest labels in hip-hop right now, Quality Control. The homie Jinx sits down with Migos, Lil Yachty and the label’s founders, Coach K and Pee, roundtable style to chart QC’s growth from trap-focused boutique label to an independent and, more importantly, black-owned business that’s shaping the culture (excuse the pun) right now.
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The conversation covers Quality Control’s humble beginnings, their turbulent relationship with 300 Entertainment, who they signed a distribution and marketing deal with in 2014 (they’ve since cut ties with 300, but not without coughing up almost half a million dollars in legal fees), and their plans for world domination in 2018.
Read the cover story here and watch the full interview below.