With hip-hop being so new, shoe brands were still trying ... it was especially common for the leather to be in colorful patterns. When you saw the giant “K,” you knew whose name it was ...

Straight out of hip-hop choreography. As for the music itself ... Almost all skilled MCs use syncopation to create complex rhythmic patterns that defy expectation. Hunt is taking that skill ...

Every hip-hop fan knows the images: The Notorious B.I.G. rocking the "King of New York" crown, Tupac Shakur with the double-finger salute, Jay-Z peeking through his hands as he throws his diamond up.