In hip-hop, accessories are more than just fashion—they're a way to tell your story. The gold crucifix necklace, once a symbol of faith and struggle, is making a powerful comeback in modern rap ...

Jewelry is as much a staple of hip-hop as mics and mixtapes. Rappers have an increasingly flamboyant taste for gold and ice. For some, the sparkling adornments stand as homage to the opulence and ...

American rappers seeking legit quality and craftsmanship, which led to his collab with Jada. Vikar tells us he ...

H ip-hop jewelry has gone by many names over the past 50 years.. “Bling-bling” crystallized into “ice,” which melted into “drip” as rappers went from adorning their necks with gold ...

Jay-Z, 18 years old in this photo and still an unknown in hip-hop, was serious about his jewelry from the start. While attending a photo shoot with friend and rapper Jaz-O, Hov wore a double gold ...

You can’t hear hip-hop jewelry, ... Herc was known to wear gold chains in the 1970s — Pete Nice even has evidence suggesting he pawned one in 1975 to pay for a club rental — but by the ...

From Biz Markie’s brushed gold nameplate to T-Pain’s “Big Ass Chain” beset with hundreds of diamonds and Erykah Badu’s 22-karat gold Ma’at grills, inspired by the eponymous Egyptian ...

Code of the Streets focuses on nameplates and chains, spotlighting Biz Markie’s gold nameplate circa 1986 in a curling, ... “Hip-hop jewelry has influenced the luxury and mainstream markets, ...

From chains to diamonds. But the early hip-hop artists didn't start out with giant gold eagles, diamond-encrusted nameplates or Rolexes. Instead, said music journalist and exhibition guest curator ...