Pick a side: Old-school hip-hop or new? Old-school all day. I was at the rap battles in the parks. Hip-hop came from the dirt. You had to be a lyrical assassin then. If you weren’t, you were trash.

The 50-plus-year-old genre has had distinct moments within the fashion industry in the early 2000s, but the Golden Age of Hip-Hop is the one that stands out most.

Breakdancing dates back to the 1970s and the birth of hip-hop at a house party in the Bronx, New York, nearly 50 years ago on Aug. 11, 1973.

The city mixes old school, industrial and mainstream to make a hip-hop style and sound that is completely its own, said Don. “We’ve always been here, even though sometimes the narrative is ...

Highlighting the fashion side of things, Deco sat down with a couple of iconic designers. Wynwood’s Art of Hip Hop is unveiling a brand-new collection, “Old School Versus New School.” ...

The collection was curated by Adeerya Johnson and includes flyers, fashion, oral histories, photographs, jewelry, handwritten lyrics, and even food. Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop ...

Hip-hop jewelry has gone by many names over the past 50 years. “Bling-bling” crystallized into “ice,” which melted into “drip” as rappers went from adorning their necks with gold ...