Today rappers are acquiring new jewelry as an act of celebration to mark the milestones
reached in their career come up and legacy.
It's not just one pendant but an assembly of art work that represent their brand, their
accomplishments, and to heighten their personalities.
Rapper Chains have been a big part of hip hop since the beginning...
Kurtis Blow, the emcee behind the first ever certified gold hip hop record sported a few
gold chains on his album cover.
From there the trend only got bigger and bolder with acts like LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim.
Today's artist have plenty of outlets to pick up new ice with celebrity jewellers becoming
famous in their own right with YouTube channels and millions of followers
on Instagram.
Johnny is the King of Bling but I think he's still working out some of the kinks on his
YouTube channel.
I've put together a jam packed list with some of your favourite new artists and most of
these dudes have had a piece or two stolen – so it's starting to make sense why each
of them buy so many pieces.
What's going on guys?
It's your boy Michael McCrudden back by popular demand with another Rappers Chain video - here
for you on Before They Were Famous.
I've read over all your comments in the last two from this series and you guys suggested
all the artists I've included into today's video... these videos have been doing so well
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Also be sure to let me know who you want me to include in our part 4 and 5 for this series.
Now let's get into this video.
First up in the number 5 spot we have YNW Melly
In the comment section it was Chris Sims who said:
What about YNW Melly's world piece it's the hardest piece out there?
I checked it out and it definitely deserved a place on this list.
The custom piece was put together for him by Johnny Dang and cost 100K for the World
Piece spinning pendant alone.
Johnny Dang is certainly the King of Bling but his English – not so good!
That's why you guys got me.
The chain and pendent equals nearly 1 Kilo of Gold with a total diamond count of nearly
VS 7,000.
Although YNW Melly world be pretty small these days consisting of four walls and bars his
world did get flipped turned up side down so the piece still makes sense.
With Melly currently behind bars it appears his piece is back in the hands of Johnny Dang
whose been spotted rocking it a the odd pool party.
Melly has a few other pieces waiting for him when he gets out.
He grabbed a flashy YNW piece also from Johnny Dang.
In an Instagram post he stated 30 Thousand on a Cuban link Good Dope I'm distributing
No Cap.
He's also got his Cash Motivated piece and a few pieces that look like Jelly Fish or
Squids to me.
Apparently one of these got jacked by some dude in a Wal Mart.
That dude be talking tough now but I bet he mailed the chain back when he heard what Melly
has been locked up for.
Ya know what I mean.
Kids pretty young still – not sure if he's actually got a daughter but there is some
girl in his life who is already rocking some ice.
Coming at number 4 we got GUNNA which was requested by Alex Mata – he said Rich The
Kid, Gunna or Lil Baby.
We have Rich The Kid later in this video and will save Lil Baby for another day (he brings
in them views via the thumbnail)– today let's take a look at Gunna whose also grabbed
himself a pretty impressive collection in a short period of time.
For Gunna it appears his go to jeweller is celebrity jeweller Eliantte who put together
his signature piece which features his name, and a few snakes on the chain.
Likely from him paying homage to having signed to Young Thug's YSL label.
The entire piece set him back a quarter million dollars.
Showing it off on IG his caption read: I’ll prolly have the Baddest Bitch N the Game Wearing
my Chain.
I' ain't sure if Gunna has landed himself a lady yet but he sure likes to show off this
piece.
That is with the exception of his visit to GQ when he forgot it.
Next up at number 3 we got Rich The Kid and this one was again requested by Alex Mata.
Alex, one at a time bro, you gotta give other people a chance Rich has got quite a few pieces
as well so I'm not entirely sure where to start...
His most recent purchase was of this $425,000 globe spinner from Eliantte The entire piece
features 250 carats of all VS diamonds.
There's also a thick iced out Cuban link chain to go with it.
Inscribed on the pendant is The World is Yours 2 which he bought in celebration of his new
album release back in 2019.
The piece is actually pretty similar to YNW Melly's spinning world piece but it's the
price tag that puts it a spot higher on this list.
To me it's a lot of money to spend on a piece and an incredible amount to be showing off
via TMZ.
This kinda stuff might bring him the wrong kind of attention as we know his house has
been broken into and he's been robbed in the past - but I guess when your name is Rich
The Kid you just can't help but Flex.
Close but no cigar at number 2 we got Tyga requested by Bydie Bydie, he dropped a comment
that read:
Tyga piece ??? C’mon the quality of his last king pendant is ridiculous
So I decided to look that piece up.
It's a 14 karat gold necklace and pendent weighing over 600 grams and contains 13 carats
of natural yellow diamonds, rubies and white diamonds, with a total of 1077 stones.
The piece also has hieroglyphics engraved in the back.
I ain't knocking the piece but it's old – it's from like 2011 and the jeweller who made it
- Jason of Beverly Hills ended up suing Tyga for not paying him for that piece or another
one – I'm not entirely sure.
Regardless Tyga's been sporting a whole lot of new ice more recently.
Scrolling through his Instagram he's got his hands on a new Ape piece and the caption reads:
APE SHALL NEVER KILL APE I'm guessing that's a shout out to Travis Scott, I dunno.
He's got some kind of RoboCop Teddy Bear: He's got your typical cross piece
But his biggest recent edition to his collection is his Saint Michael Chain by Ben Baller which
cost him 1/2 a million bucks.
The caption from the Ben Baller reads:
I set pear shaped solitaire VVS clarity diamonds in the halo of St Michael.
I added baguettes to the feathers of his wings and even baguette diamonds on his sword.
I even iced out the sides of his custom 1 of a kind Cuban link (I made the links with
2 different sized diamonds with the big diamonds having a pavé set border).
The devil being stepped on represents satan aka
the haters have been defeated and also specifies that Tyga had the biggest comeback of 2018.
His piece and chain cost $400K but Tyga also bought a bunch of matching pieces for his
crew which racked up the total to another $100K.
Finally in the number 1 spot we got a crowd pleaser with NBA Youngboy requested by Brandon
Williams: Why dont you pur NBA youngboy in the next episode... ask and you shall receive
my friend....
NBA Youngboy's pieces my not be the most impressive in the game but he also has a long history
of having his chains stolen so I guess it's just a huge accomplishment for him to still
be holding onto the ones he's got.
Someone took a chain off one of this boys neck while he was performing on stage in 2017.
Then the next year some dude literally tried to jump
up and snatch his chain mid performance.
Currently the man has been seen sporting a number of pieces, first up we will take a
look at his NBA Jump Man with a Gun made by the fine folks at Shyne Jewelers.
I decided to hit up the Shyne Jewelers website to see what this bad boy was made of.
The custom two toned NBA Young Boy NBA Pendent consists of Rose and White Gold with White
Round Diamonds with a clarity of SL1 and VS2's.
This ain't the only piece he's picked up from Shyne.
There is also his custom Rose Gold Damond NBA Young Boy “38 BABY” Pendant made with
Rose Gold, White Gold and Enamel with White Round Diamonds in SL1 and VS2 clarity.
I got no idea what this piece cost but if you wanna make payments they can work out
a deal with you for $350 a month.
He's been seen sporting both of these in his House Arrest Tingz Official Music Video.
He's paid visits to other jewelrt stores like Ice Box where he dropped a 100K during a visit
and grabbed himself a YPC pendant and some rings.
& of course there are more like his Young Thug piece... but that I've already talked
about in another video.
Top 5 Raper Chains of 2018 Part 1.
That video now has over 2 Million views.