Smith launched a limited-edition earring collection on Aug. 11 in honor of National Hip-Hop Day. "They're designs that every fly girl from my neighborhood wore," Blige tells PEOPLE exclusively.

What exactly do you even wear? Skinny jeans? 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 that ...