With hip-hop being so new, shoe brands were still ... Because the clothes were so big that you’d risk tripping over your pants, Timberlands (or other construction-type boots) were usually ...

When hip hop was in its infancy ... calling out both adidas and Timberlands, but Nas will tells you that Nike will always come first for him. And his favorite model of Nikes is the Air Jordan ...

Once upon a time, credible hip-hop fashion was relegated to Fordham ... too—thug classics like peanut-butter Tims and white Uptowns (that's Timberlands and Nikes, but you knew that, right?).