Hip Hop, more than any other genre, has always been about aspirational living, and jewelry has long been one of the culture’s ...

The music legend and fashion icon is ringing in hip-hop’s milestone and reinforcing its cultural impact on fashion with the launch of jewelry in collaboration with jewelry designer Simone I.

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 ... into the mid-’80s to mid-’90s.