Hip Hop's Biggest SCAM : Jewelry
Broke rappers are victims of the illusion of jewelry. In this video, we explore the cultural significance of bling in hip hop, from its roots as a symbol of success and status to its transformation into a billion-dollar industry.
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Time-codes:
0:00 - Intro
4:23 - The Formative Years of Hip-Hop Jewelry: 1979-1989
9: 45 - Moving Forward: 1990-2000
11:57 - The New Millennium: 2000-Present
13:30 - Why Rappers Wear Their Wealth
18:53 - Is it worth it?
22:30 - The fallout
Пікірлер: 58
"It Is Not The Man Who Has To Little But It's The Man Who Has To Many Wants" (Stoic Quote) Blessed Be.
@YNGPilgrim
Ай бұрын
Beautiful 💙🤟🏻💙
Son said "RUN DMX" 😳🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@purpdajerk89
Ай бұрын
I was just about to comment that 😂😂
@FINDTHENUMBERSTV
26 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@7:12 Run DmX ! lol DMC LOL
@tbj4855
Ай бұрын
You can tell dude is a casual and don’t know what he’s talking about 😂
@algeone
Ай бұрын
@@tbj4855 lol nah he’s smart and fully well rounded just a slip up
back again with a banger🔥🔥🔥
Run dmx 😂😂😂
Great video, bro. I live in NYC and have some friends who work in the diamond district. My friends informed me that sometimes pieces are loaned out to these entertainers if they promote the jeweler's brand and name in their music. Personally, I am convinced jewelry other than gold, platinum, silver, and precious gems are essentially worthless. Diamonds intrinsically have very little value unless they are massive in size and high quality clarity. Personally, I am convinced these jeweler's and powerful diamond companies like Dubeers use these entertainers, especially rappers, to keep promoting jewelry to the masses so that more people can be brainwashed and incentivized to spend their own hard earned money on worthless custom pieces , that only continue to enrich other races of people. Jewelry is a major scam unless you're buying solid gold pieces and precious gems like Saphires, Rubies, Emeralds, and Opals, especially, are some of the most expensive gems.
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They really tried to block this video from being posted lol good work
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another banger the work speaks for itself but i have to say this N95
when i was comming up ones Jewelry was a semi representation of status and what one could afford, not creating a shiny 'target'. The idea was one had to also protect what they had and stay alive
imagine icing jewelry just to devalue it
Welcome back 🎉
The hustlers of the era were the first to set the trends then RunDMC iirc were tone of the first to isay copy that style. And if you look back of that Paid in Full album you'll see some lnotorious street hustlers & stick up kids, one of then being origional 50 cent.
Yo good video My King
I do love diamond and gold jewellery. Jewellery and precious stones have been there for ages. Used to be means of payment at one point in history. But I just don't own what I can wear as regular jewellery. Rapper level of jewels though? Even if you can afford how are you gonna walk on the street decked out in those without getting robbed? I don't want to have security follow me around all the time like Beyonce ewwww. I prefer Andre 3000 , I could be wrong but I think he walks around among regular people on streets no fanfare
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Missed you bro 😖
it's about showing you made it.
this was a real good video, very informative. we give meaning to too much bullshit. that's why the rich stay rich. i liked and saved this video, and subscribed. great work!
Its not Run DMX its Run DMC!!!! At about 7:14
Are you pocket watching ? Huh ?
@StephanieWells2021
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@Flylifet
Ай бұрын
😂😂
Ron DMX 😅
Idolatry this is all it is, they got they 15 seconds of fame and bling
now everyone wearing bling its nuts
Do they still call it Ice?
@godrules3596
23 күн бұрын
Yh
Some of them go as far as wearing fake jewelry.
Walking,talking banks get robbed 😂🤣🤣🤣
Ye said its modern day slavery
Why do they buy the ugliest stuff though?
I'm sorry but only 1 community in hip hop spend the most of their money in jewelry...
Run dmx 😢it's Run dmc😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Rap revolutionary to rap dump industry Revolutionized to industrialized Wake up it was disign to keep black on fake reality this sad
Empty vessels scream the loudest....
I’m watching this video as if I’m from Africa lol
Sounds like bro is just jealous 😂😂😂😂
RUN-DM W H A T ??
nt1a is a good enough mic to last you your youtube career.
You not talking about shit
Who is this tether telling our story gtfoh
@STEEZ-A-LEE
Ай бұрын
Broski thats a strong name you got..Trap lore ross/vlad/adam 22 tell our story. Let our people come together. He more entitled than them
The chickens are coming home to roost. Check what they're saying about @ndiks19 @oGatsheni17