— New Hip Hop Jewelry Aint the Same Game » hip hop jewelry
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In the early days of Hip Hop Jewelry for women, what the ladies were very similiar to current
generations. As artists like Salt-N-Peppa, Roxanne, Queen Latifah, and MC Lyte ruled the scenes they set the tones to
be less less bling and more fashionably fly. However, they were known for having a clean pair of hip hop earrings
without question. Gold Bamboo Earrings can be seen in videos across the board which became a representation of the
young urban diva who was bold and sassy. This Hip Hop Jewelry has never faded from the inner cities of
the United States, even prevalent in today's rap music culture.
Another noteworthy trend, which can be seen in MC Lyte's picture above, was the nose piercings. Females 80s Hip Hop artists made the diamond nose rings and studs a symbol of rebelliousness and sass. Fans of the Hip Hop music scene made this a trend that was followed so hard, which side of the nose a piercing showed could determine the wearer's cool points. New Hip Hop Jewelry Trends The new age of Hip Hop culture requires a different style of custom jewelry filled with diamonds, rubies, and other precious stones. The new Hip Hop Jewelry trends have become more and more outlandish with some jewelry costing upward of one million dollars. Why is it needed? Simply in the name of vanity and competition one might say. People love to see people spend money and the jewelry shows who spends it the best. Those with money want to be the number one big spender on cars, jewelry, and more. The first rappers from the mid 90s through current generations to really talk about stlying jewelry and flashy lifestyles 
were probably Nas and 2Pac Shakur. While this is no definite, these two rappers definitely rebelled in the images of a
rich, educated, street survivor and made Hip Hop change for some time. Soon after came Notorious BIG aka Biggie Smalls,
Diddy, and then Jay Z. Between these five Hip Hop legends, there was probably enough jewelry to cover what 10 of the average
people might spend in a lifetime.
Rapper Jay Z took the Hip Hop Jewelry world into a new league with his diamond savvy mentality. Spitting lyrics about reading the rob reports and how Jacob The Jeweler better not come up short on his diamonds, he is one of the few rappers that had extremely high quality, vs1, large diamond jewelry. At any show Jay Z was at, his pricey jewelry would reflect enough light to be seen from hundreds of feet away. "I Went to a Jay Z concert in Charlotte, NC when I was very young. The one thing I remembered about him was how bright his diamonds were flashing. He spit some lyrics about how they would flash red, white, and blue int he song performed, and at that concert I realized his jewels were the truth. It made me engage in custom Hip Hop Jewelry and learning what good diamonds were at an early age," says new Hip Hop artist C.KHiD about Jay's jewelry. |
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