Graduation is a time to celebrate, but it’s also a time to look forward.
Whether moving on to college or entering straight into the workforce, leaving school comes with a myriad of questions. Make the grad in your life approach this next chapter with ease by giving them the perfect congratulatory gift.
Whether a comfy hoodie or the perfect vinyl, the Complex Shop has all the right offerings for anyone taking that leap from young adulthood into the next chapter.
Books, record holders, deluxe editions, trading cards, and more will all serve as a momentum of this significant accomplishment, but help get your grad ready for whatever lies in front of them, too.
Check out the best gifts to buy for the graduate in your life.
Price: $120
Graduating is just the first step toward the American Dream. Celebrate this momentous occasion with 21 Savage’s 100% cotton heavyweight fleece hoodie—so everyone knows that Dream is alive and well.
Price: $120
Here’s a book they don’t teach in school, but probably has more insight and advice than any algebra textbook.
The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z is the perfect gift for a dorm room bookcase or a guide on the early days of adulthood. Regardless, this stuff needs to be learned, with life lessons and rules to live by filling up these pages.
Price: $33
Sometimes the simplest gifts are the best gifts, and what’s better than gifting a grad one of the best albums of 2024 from the hottest rapper on the planet? No vinyl collection is complete without K.Dot’s instant classic gnx. This album does more than signifies good taste: it suggests that its owner was on the front lines during one of rap’s biggest moments of the last decade.
Price: $150
What better way to celebrate moving away from home than with this effortlessly cool record stand? Perfect for dorm rooms or first apartments alike, the Interscope Spiral Record Stand, made from a premium wood record holder created by Cut Once Shop in Los Angeles, is the perfect gift for any young adult.
Price: $50
Some people are immortal, and 2Pac firmly falls into that category. You don’t need to be from the ’90s to find joy in this limited Tupac Shakur trading card set, which celebrates his seven posthumous albums as a complete set. These include: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory; R U Still Down? (Remember Me); Still I Rise; Until the End of Time: Better Dayz; Loyal to the Game; and Pac’s Life.
Price: $46
The best way to make friends on campus or in the arena of young professionals? Have exceedingly good taste in music. Is there a better way to signify that you know what’s up than this 10th anniversary vinyl edition of J. Cole’s classic Forest Hills Drive? Your grad’s spot will be the place to hang with this album on the record player.
Price: $95
Entering the real world—or the intimidating confines of college campuses—is daunting enough without having to worry about looking good. Take care of that concern for any graduating student in your life by gifting them the NAV XO OMW2 REXDALE hockey jersey. Whether living in sunny California or the snowy Northeast, this jersey is an all-seasons grail.
Though it’s 10 years old, Big Sean’s 2015 album Dark Sky Paradise hits just as hard as it did upon its release way back when. Give your favorite grad a taste of what life was like in the 2010s by gifting them this Complex exclusive edition, pressed to 2LP. Better yet? This album comes on a sleek looking clear vinyl layout.
