Hip-Hop's Most Ridiculous Chain

Thursday, August 28, 2008

I came across this article from Infected Tube.com and found another really amusing & ridiculous story of Hip-Hop fashion.
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The Urban Dictionary defines a chain as:
A rapper’s source of power. The sunlight to his birdman. Without a chain of platinum/gold/diamonds/bo nes, a rapper loses his ability to drop tight flows over phat beats. The is an absolute necessity, and its importance should not be taken lightly.

Ludacris once said, “Some people ask why there’s a skull on my chain, it’s ’cause I LOVE gettin’ head.”

While nearly all rappers today sport awfully gaudy jewelry, there are some artists who have taken things to another level of ridiculousness. Today we salute a few of these absurd-o-bling sporting gentlemen:

^Young Joc and his giant diamond crusted 'H' bling from his album Hustlenomics.

^Kanye West and his jesus chain. For the love of god..

^Lil’ Jon deserves mention for his “Crunk Ain’t Dead” chain, as the chain is a record holder:

Guinness Record-busting “Largest Diamond Pendant” — a $500K, 7.5″ x 6″ x 1″, 5.11 lb, 73 carat, 3756 round-cut diamond, 18K yellow-and-white gold monstrosity created by Jason of Beverly Hills

^Nas and his chain in golden pharaoh version of himself as seen on his album cover in 1999.

^Slick Rick with too many pieces of jewelry on his neck.. Ridiculous!

^Busta Rhymes his numerous collection of chains

^Left: BATHING APE founder Nigo and his giant Dollar Sign Chain
Right: Skateboard P is sporting a chain featuring diamond cartoon characters

^Sean Kingston and his crayon chain! WTF

^Fat Joe and his I-95 look a like chain

^Ghostface Killa and his golden Eagle Bracelet and “Versace Plate” medallion

And the winner is?
^Rick Ross by a mile. While some rappers sport pieces related to their region, criminal history, record label, etc., no one to our knowledge had just gone ahead and put their own face on a chain (We don’t count Nas the Pharaoh). The purpose of a chain is to draw attention to yourself–as Jay-Z raps Said she loved my necklace, started relaxin / Now that’s what the fuck I call a chain reaction–and nothing says look at me like a yellow diamond pendant version of you (including ridiculous beard). And where was Rick Ross caught wearing this piece? At the 7th Annual Ghetto Diamond Awards in Jacksonville Florida
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you can read the full article here
and here are some more bling.. LOL