The erasure of acts from hip-hop's earliest era -- and the stigma of "old-school hip-hop" as a blanket term -- has hurt hip-hop's canonization. By Stereo Williams The BET Hip-Hop Awards are still ...

The heavy beats and smooth interplay are true to hip-hop's roots. ... Cool Kids kick it old school with ‘80s rap. By Jeff ... But instead of drawing their fans from the pool of graying Golden ...

Old-School Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th A nostalgic crowd turned out to see an all-star lineup on Friday at Yankee Stadium, not far from the genre’s birthplace.

The spirit of old-school hip-hop collectives such as ... "That's the easiest way to relate to it — that late-’80s, early-’90s hip-hop ... and the energy the members draw from each other will ...

There is nothing played out about Kwamé Holland. Proof of that fact could be seen in the six-hour Old School Jam. The 80s and 90s Hip-Hop fans were treated on Saturday, March 28 from 11 AM to 5 ...

Here, Old Paradice rep both their old and new school influences; out front, Confucius pairs gentle philosophy with realist descriptions of London's grit and grime, evoking the spirit of late '80s ...

A few of old-school hip-hop's finest. Photo illustration by Ellie Skrzat for Slate. Photos by Vince Bucci/Getty Images, Stringer PN/Reuters, Blake Sell/Reuters, and Mario Anzuoni/Reuters. This ...

For many, hip-hop’s heyday was the so-called golden era of the late 80s to early 90s. The likes of Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, NWA, Eric B and Rakim, Jungle Brothers, BDP, De La Soul, Redman ...

At this year’s Many Faces of Hip Hop 2.0 showcase at Ciné, one thing was made very apparent; this was going to be raw, hard-hitting, old school hip-hop down to its core.