Golden Age Hip Hop

Golden age hip hop refers to hip hop music created from the mid or mid-late 1980s to the early or early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists originating from the New York metropolitan area. It preceded the new-school hip hop movement and is characterised by its diversity, quality, innovation, and influence on hip hop after the genre’s establishment in the old-school era. This period is associated with the development and mainstream success of hip hop.