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When famous or rich rappers buy their chains they need it big and very shiny, so that it's popping out. They want it blinging in every picture.
typically made of metal
can be made of silver and decorated with diamonds and other precious stones
when it comes to buying expensive chains Hip-hop rappers are the number 1 customers.
there's cheap and pricey one's
BEN BALLER- ''$75,000 minimum, including a non-refundable $50,000 deposit.''
if you'd wish for a fully "iced" chain that's real you've got to at least spend 1,500 $
22 Inch = 55.88 Centimeter
looking rich and showing off their wealth
Rick Ross – 1.5$ Million chain
Rappers wear expensive chains, often made of gold, to have an asset to fall back to. If they need money just sell a gold chain. If they are in prison, which it often happens when they get in trouble, the police can take the cash, but not the personal items, hence the chains. Once you are in prison you can exchange it for cash when in prison.
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“When you get arrested for pandering, they take your cash — because the cash was obtained illegally — but they don’t take away your jewelry,” Harrison explains. “And a pimp knows that if he buys jewelry in a pawn shop, if he brings it back to a pawn shop and gets a loan against it, they’ll always get half of what you paid for it — as opposed to buying it in a jewelry store, when they don’t know what they’re going to get. So, when they get arrested, they will always have someone bring their jewelry down to me. I will loan them half of what they paid for it — and that’s their bail money.”
it is also used for the person's own protection ^^^
Rap culture in general is about flashiness -------------------------
it is used to be flashy and appearing rich to sell the idea that they're living the best life to their fans. One might have a trash house but a nice car because she/he gets seen more with a car than in the house
handcrafted by jellwers like ben baller
made from metal, gold, silver, diamonds and other precious gems/stones