Hip Hop Jewelers: The Biggest Scammers in Hip Hop
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If there’s any genre that has diamonds built into its very DNA, it’s hip-hop. Since the days of thick gold rope chains and Slick Rick’s early displays of decadence through to the logic-defying creations that Ghostface used to sport and the dawn of the bling era, transferring those record sales into record-setting jewelry purchases is nothing new in the game. In truth, it’s become such an accepted part of the culture that even before an MC has truly accomplished anything, the lure of the diamond district can be too strong to resist.
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Im a jeweler. Buy weight. Melee diamonds are worthless. If you buy under 1 carat you can get a decent price break by the carat. Buy gold and have your jeweler work the metals you provide. If a client provides the material i only charge my labor. Saves them a ton. And i don't mark my stuff up 1000% usually around 300%. Do my best to be as fair as possible with also making my wages. Take care.
I see alot of jewelry overpriced cheap gaudy pieces with extreme high mark up value without little to no resell value worthless
Guys like I’m a jeweller probs had a stand inside the mall
This comment is game, y’all don’t hear him though.
Lemme buy somethin from you lmao wya
@G and you prolly one of them annoying dudes that always tryna clean someone shoes. Who cares where it's at. Jewelery is worth the same. See you types are goofy asf. You a clown. Knocking a man getting his and you posted up here Hating lmao.
No other music gengre flexes bad financial investments like hip hop
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😭 honestly out of all materialistic things you can waste money on... jewelry is top 5 🥴🥴
That was cold
@@AntLi0n but he wasn't wrong
@@sirraldnus8590 he speaking truth lol. I was laughing when I made the comment because he worded it so well
If you're willing to spend 400k on a watch and you can't even time travel with it, you deserved to be scammed
Kml 😭
I feel that!!
Watches are different IMO , they go up in value … I made around 55k just buying and holding on to watches this year
@@DushawnJP I believe most jewelry appreciates in value over time
@@Spongebob-lf5dn uh no most jewelry depreciates over time
“Carbon vaccinated diamonds” had me weak. CVD stands for chemical vapor deposition. It’s one of the 2 processes that creates lab diamonds.
Funny part too is they're more pure than regular diamonds
That guy sounded like a total idiot. Carbon vaccinated diamonds is his game. 😂😂 that killed me too.
@@rancewhite9312 Ayo don't joke about vaccinating your diamonds you don't want them to get sick do you? 🤣😂
@@slowazzd2165 Not funny, I forgot to vaccinate my wife's bull's cousin's engagement ring and it caught rabies 😢 had to take it out by the tool shed and put it down with the 12 gauge from Big 5
the confidence with which he said it was also hilarious, repeated it over and over again
One of worst things that happened to hip hop is the need they felt you had to waste your money on jewellery to be certified. One of dumbest thing ever.
@Thebearmre7 What do you mean by happened to? No one made anyone purchase all that dumb ass jewelry, They all did it to themselves!
The real scam is that diamonds, even the real ones, are inherently worthless.
Right
Look at the history of "diamonds are forever" . If I recall correctly it was just an advertising scheme with a but if shady business practices in the... 70s?... To hype/inflate the value of diamonds .. it worked.
Thank you, EMBO!!!
There's also still slavery and other horrible practices associated with them. Africa has bled enough, but people still want that ice.
@Alex Oyetunde Prettier too imo.
What 21 said is something I noticed in HS when I went to a private school. None of my white friends wore jewelry or a chain. I found it ironic and hilarious that every black person I knew felt like we needed one. A chain of all things... just think about it.
A famous rapper in France named Damso said “we went from slave chains to gold chains “ Sums it up perfectly
@@Wazinc damso is Belgian
@@user-xt9nh5jc9q no
Good comment. But I feel like 21 savage and this comment are generalizing far too much. I have met tons of wealthy Anglo-Saxon people who wear jewelry, now do they buy tons of chains over and over no. but do some wear a gold necklace every day for 20 years yes or own just one rolex. Buying jewelry is not the problem continuing to buy jewelry and over spending is the problem.
We not them 😂 gotta be different we are DIFFERENT!
Imagine if all the money these rappers wasted on jewelry was used to help fix their hoods
Well spoken bro
They’ll spend money on their hoods and still get killed for it
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👋👍🏽🇺🇸
@BabsW Why is everyone always looking for someone else to fix their problems, If you wanna fix the hood stop protecting your criminals and start paying taxes and it will fix itself! That’s how it works, The residence of a city are the ones who financially support that city! If you have a bunch of broke nonworking people then you are going to have a broke rundown city!
you can't help people who won't help themselves.
I remember getting my first job. I saved up the whole summer. Even walked to/from work every day. Picked up extra shifts, etc. Had a little over 2k saved and bought a gold chain that I really wanted. Literally a few days later, I’m damn near broke and so frustrated with myself. I saw some of my peers putting down payments on cars/ apartments, but my dumbass went and bought a chain.
Almost a decade later, I still have it lol. Daily reminder to be financially responsible.
It’s a reminder
Hahaha like that you didn’t seek it though
If it's real gold it's probably worth more now 😂
Smart decision car would’ve probably been gone and if gold is real definitely worth more
This one dude, worked in security. Saved up 10k for a custom chain, just to say he had it. It always makes me feel sick lmao
s/o to savage and cordae for deciding that there are more important things than buying jewelry. that's the sort of mindset a respect.
They broke
@@SeymourKitty 😂
Jewelry is a waste of time
@@SeymourKitty How they broke for not buyin jewelry?
@@allaboutthemurzic forget it lol ppl like him just try to find ANY reason to hate on dudes way more successful. Anyone with REAL money meaning they great great grand kids ain't gotta work know Jewelry is a terrible investment and it's value drops drastically
I can't take AK seriously when he said "you're taking hundreds of thousands of dollars that these rappers could have spent on their families" If they were going to spend it on their families, they wouldn't be blowing it on what they thought was real jewelry!
That part!!!
boom.
Facts! I was watching and thinking the same thing
Right????
Not to defend Ak, but I don’t think he’s being literal and more saying that they should be spending that on their families, not that they are going to.
I love how Akademics talked about “preying on rappers” as if hes not the epitome of “preying” on anything.
They may be scammers but they're the ones that are stupid enough to pay for it without doing the proper research, then it's on them.
Very ironic that he would say they could've used the money to feed their families. That's exactly what they should've done.
Right and he ascts like the jewelers have these’d rappers at gun point forcing them to buy stuff like of you over charged them when they could use it to feed thier family like their not wasting thousands of thier own free will the store didn’t make them buy it like if the price is an issue why buy it at all like wtf
@kellyroyal9579 I don't feel sorry for them. Most of that gaudy crap that they wear only costs around a few hundred dollars or less. Their fault for being so dumb and gullible
The Wall Street people are too smart to get duped by stupidly overly flashy jewelry and they don't feel a need to buy chains to impress their peers. They use their money to buy better things in life
I used to sell replica jewelry and watches. I was pretty famous on Instagram. You'd be surprised how many of these people such as little pump actually hit me up looking to buy fake jewelry
I can believe that bro 🤧
Yeah right. Maybe they would have sent some person to purchase it for them (which i strongly believe they would), but they themselves, never.
@@milicadjordjevic4498there’s an actual clip of lil pump and smokepurpp buying fake jewelry irl
I am actually not surprised. I keep in mind that too many of them come from backgrounds where they weren't taught the value of money. Just hustle for it all.
If I can't buy a Rolex straight from the Rolex store then I'm not buying it that watch from anywhere else.
Any watch sold outside of an AD is grey market regardless, so that would be the smart thing to do
Same. I will only go to the retail store
Timex keeps the same time, cost 50 times less💰. Invest in stocks
@@whiskeybrown262 yea but a roley holds its value anywhere you go around the world, it's a well known brand, if you need money you can trade it in for cash and not lose money
What's an A D
Diamonds added to luxury watches actually devalues the original watch. If you have a blinked out watch you’re basically wearing a fake
It looks cheap by default, proving aesthetics having absolutly no priority for the person wearing it.
I first heard about this website through a friend of mine. I already ordered two necklaces and bracelets from there and both times I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the products. They were so much more affordable than what you would find at other stores, but they still look fantastically stylish.
what website? Are you sure they aren't hollow?
What 21 and Cordae said is 100% legit. Growing up my parents always insisted how wealthy people don't show off their wealth materially at least. So many millionaires you wouldn't know are millionaires...stop putting yourself in debt pretending you got money?
They do the average person just doesn't know what/who they're wearing.
@@Dimi.g0v thank you, just because they're not walking around dressed like some rapper doesn't mean they aren't extravagant.
@@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING most basic looking shit ends up being super expensive lol
It’s true.
My family members who were incredibly wealthy would always say you can see people who are ‘new money’ because they wear their money like peacocks.
It was a common saying amongst them ‘ the rich don’t stay rich by spending their money’.
They wear 6000 dollar jackets that look plain af. 250 dollar sneakers than look like plain white vans
Imagine a world where the majority of artists owned their music masters instead of another gold chain.
Because these rich elites keep preying on young clueless artist
@@yv4790 it's their job to educate themselves why would labels do it n lose business
It's french rap
That part
Most of them don’t even own the chains.
If you spend 400 grand on jewelry, buy gold bars because the return investment on it now is worth more than what you paid for it. He paid 400 grand for a name that has no real value.
It's ok to wear fake jewelry, what's important is that the customer is aware of what they're buying.
But not paying full price
I purchased a 14 kt. Gold plated sterling 925 silver Lazarus pendant for $100.00 apposed to $1,800.00 , I also purchased a 14kt. Gold plated 22 inch Cuban link chain 12mm for $45.00 apposed to $2,000.00 . And I'm good with it , it looks good , won't turn , hypoallergenic why would I spend $3,800. Now I'll purchase Gold stock investments.
@@edwardoneal6192 buy physical. Long story short, banks have a history of manipulating the gold price in the stock market. Totally agree on the plated chains though. I do the same and it just makes sense. Only YOU know how much that chain cost.
You dopes are the same dummies who’d buy Jordan’s off of Alibaba just to fit in. It’s okay to wear fake jewelry? Your black neck is going to turn green.
Fake jewelry still encourages black youth to waste money on liabilities.
Jewelry itself is not a bad purchase or investment. The issue comes with CUSTOM pieces. It doesn't matter how many diamonds and how much gold, platinum etc are in your chain. If you have something along the lines of T-Pain's Big Ass Chain, it doesn't matter if it cost you 100k or more. You're not gonna be able to resell it later for anywhere near that, unless you get lucky and find a super fan who also happens to be obscenely wealthy, and that's not common. There's nothing wrong with buying some nice, expensive jewelry whether you're a rapper or not. But don't buy a rolex or a pendant that's so full of stones that it doesn't even make sense. Just buy the actual Rolex, or just a nice Cuban Link. The difference is that they'll hold their value, or even go up in value, the shit that's custom or "bust down" will NOT.
The only custom chain I will get will be something that has a meaning to it
That's why I'm not a fan of putting diamonds on a watch as it decreases the value.
@@loganrcooke good point
Exactly buy Jewelry you can at least you can re sell it
If you insist on having more money than taste you can always get factory diamonds, which are actually set properly and worth something
One of the realest video I seen in the chain and jewelry industry it was very educational
Just to add; it’s not just rappers getting finessed by their jewelers, big fashion brands do this too. They sell you product which is made out of the cheapest possible material then sell it for hundreds :/ I personally have all my jewelry vintage because it’s cheaper that way.
Like Chanel and Vivian Westwood
What's crazy is that they admit it's costume jewelry... and yet people STILL pay top dollar for it. Insane. Why not just get fakes???
@@puffball4484because of shame or ridicule, ive seen some beautiful afforadable pieces, and even more so love seeing others wear their favorites, but there is a social stigma around wearing jewlery that isn’t considered “real”.
People are mad at the jewelers for overcharging when people could of paid their families yet the rappers chose to buy the dumb shit instead of feeding families.
Exactly
Right on the money
Facts
could have*
They have no obligation to those family stop counting other peoples pockets .
Their scamming them because they know how to make the rappers feel they can trust them. You start by selling them real pieces then once that bond is formed you know you can start selling them fakes because you know they wont question that your stuff is real.
Damn! Nasty game it is. SMH!
Their lack of information makes them easy targets. They don’t come from old money or do their research. It’s simply ignorance and ego mixed together. Price doesn’t always denote value and bling doesn’t make you a superstar. It’s like clown makeup.
@@naufrage0 Well said
What Jay say? " I took my frito's to Tito in the distance, bless me with some VS somethings I can live with. And for the dough I raised gotta get shit appraised ,no disrespect to you,make sure your word is true" Politics as usual....
They're*
I held my breath I was in my head saying they knew some of it was fake you mean they didn't know I learned a lot just reading the comments so happy someone is telling this story
6:51 If you have a family to feed, maybe you shouldn't be buying expensive jewelry in the first place!
The real idiots are the one's buying all that jewellery before they even own a house.
@Marcus Richardson That's what some make out 🤫
How do u own that house when u pay taxes on it move to Ghana like me I got land n don't pay taxes at all now I own that all of it paying taxes are not even in da rule book your basically volunteering and IRS scares the American people and people around the world with fear AKA false evidence appearing real
@@cashlesssocietyobsolete7348 Millions of black people live in the richest country on earth( America) but will never own a home or land.....you done well....smart move👍🏿.
@@cashlesssocietyobsolete7348 Pay your property taxes! Ghana and Africa in general is not a jungle. How do you expect Ghana to pay for public services like sanitation, good roads, the police to provide your safety ect.
@@originalblackman4159 That message went over your slave mentality head two thirds are deaf dumb n blind the masses u stuck in the matrix wage slavery fiat monopoly money money don't have value at all it's not back by gold or silver etc printed out of thin air cashless society obsolete cash n 💳 a world beyond cash and credit cards we don't struggle with undeveloped muscle event 201 simulation homeowners lol commonwealth folks the Jesuit order aka society of Jesus wake up Rockefeller lockstep agenda 2010 your whole reply is slave mentality brainwashed zombies wage slavery inflation's etc helicopter cash
I worked in jewelry. I remember when a local rapper came in to get his jewelry cleaned and tested. He was pissed when I told him all his stones was fake.
LMFAOO
I know this didn’t happen
@@drunkenn1nja OP was pissed when you told him all his stories was fake.
@@drunkenn1nja big 🧢
@@drunkenn1nja damn right 😂
It’s just so sad and terrifying because our black children look up to these people… meanwhile I have neighbours making 2x rapper money who coupon on the weekends. True generational wealth… wealth acquired by GOD is so silent and humble. These loud, flashy displays of “wealth” are of the enemy.
IceBlingers is also a good one if you want a cheap piecesI bought a pair of earrings from them about two weeks ago, and I love them so much. They are the best quality jewelry store that I have found. Furthermore, their prices are affordable which is perfect for my budget. I would recommend this store to anyone who is looking for hip hop jewelry!
Kendrick Lamar -
“Insecurity roams the black community
Homes where kids must have jewelry
The high school female need earrings and details
So she can be cool to be, amongst popularity
The various name brands that reached the price scan
It's not about the right price but more like the right scam
To rule us all, confuse us all”
For lack of knowledge my People shall Parish.
@@nae_petey_son For the ones that don't know, Exactly Agreed!
Wish we could open everyone’s eyes to see
@Jefferson Keane lmao your first name.is a last name ur opinion is terrible
We need to buy land and build up black wallstreet again so we don’t have to depend on Amerikkka!
The problem isn't fake jewellery, its jewellery in general. These artists are spending hundreds of thousands on worthless junk.
nah it’s the fake jewelry… buying authentic jewelry means it can be traded in for the same price or wven more, but fake jewelry is actually worthless
@@staticbw not at all. The minute you've taken the jewellery out of the store its worth shit all, unless you're talking watches.
@@staticbw no most jewelry is worthless the second you buy it
@@staticbw it can't be traded c or the same price only the gold diamonds have no trade value
@@daniellevaughn4598 even then, a gold ring is way overpriced for the amount of gold it has
Look who their customers are 😂. The crazy thing is the chain is still symbolic of what slaves wore around their necks regardless if it has 100k worth of diamonds.....smh
I bought a pair of earrings from them about two weeks ago, and I love them so much. They are the best quality jewelry store that I have found. Furthermore, their prices are affordable which is perfect for my budget. I would recommend this store to anyone who is looking for hip hop jewelry!
I'm glad someone is finally saying it out loud. "A fool and his money are soon parted." These jewlers are deliberately scamming rapper's to get rich.
If those rappers are stupid enough to spend hundred thousands of dollars without paying an independent expert to check the jewelry it's on them.
It’s actually the other way around. Most of the artists have tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt just to jewellers. Every time one of these hip hop scam artists gets busted for tax evasion a debt to some jeweller is always on the list of debts owed.
Because rappers aren’t the smartest group, and if you’re not actually knowledgeable, even easier.
can you blame them when they're targeting easy targets who are thirsty for clout? Jewelry is just for showing off your vanity and pride, it has no practical purpose.
Concur
Refreshing to see rappers like 21 Savage talking about how they're over the chain hype. There are some really gifted artists in hip hop and you hate to see them get in crazy debt over dumb purchases.
Buy a chain worth $200k but you can only sell it for $50k bc nobody wants to buy a " DEEZ NUTZ 420" diamond encrusted chain
1st world problems
Hes from England! He buys original plain jane watches! 😅
@@KrolKazthey’re buying it to wear not to sell lol
How gifted does one have to be to make up nursery rhymes with generic sounding and elementery beats???? Where is the music????
We need a updated version of this
This was very good and informative I usually lose attention ‼️
A jewel thief along time ago told me if you ever go to buy some diamonds, if you ever walk into a store and they don’t have a 10 karat loupe(the thing they use to look at diamonds) walk out Instantly they arent their to show you the flaws they’re their to scam you.
Facts. This why lots of people get scammed and pay more than what they get.
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Thats why i carry a 20x jeweler's loop..you'd be surprised how many jeweler's face change when i pop it out
@@elfm2717 what is that can you give me sum info about it ?
@@treyonstegall7517 a jeweler's loop is pretty much a a microscope/magnifying glass just a little bit bigger that a quarter depending on the model and capacity.it is used to see the flaws and imperfections and to quickly tell if it is fake or real diamonds or any precious stone.
“Money talks, wealth whispers, but power is silent” isn’t just about words. Climbing that chain is hard, and weighing yourself down by wearing it only makes the journey harder.
I also made a video exposing Jewelry. Check it out!
Damn that’s lowkey some shit. I’m jus so very infatuated with my chain though so I don’t know
"money talks , wealth whispers , and power is silent " who said that ? That was dope and had a powerful message.
That's bc it's bullshit lol
@@rks5457wym bullshit
This needs a part 2 because you didn’t talk about the fake prop square diamond testers, the gold plated silver custom jewelry from China. How moissanite pass almost every diamond tester and are the only stones that look even in color on a piece. How jewelers sell you 14k but really be 12k or 10k be 8k(not considered precious metal). And my favorite! The replica iced out watches made in chine real movements replica case and bands.
I got the ig manufactures as proof.
8k isn't even sold in America...it's such a small amount of gold America doesn't even carry it. I saw 8k overseas and it looks like mustard..
i think rappers just actually like the irony. they spend this ridiculous amount of money on something worthless because they can and they’re proud of it.
Fuck you money and all that
And then there's that ICEBOX dude who's always "best friends" with every rapper, being overly nice to them and trying so hard to make them feel good. What a f*cking snake that dude is. But hey, these clown rappers fall for it.
Lol these rapper surround themselves with "yes" men. You can't expect them to differentiate one snake from the rest of the snakes they carry around with them.
@@Nay-dq4ku couldn't agree more.
ANYTIME you deal with someone who is trying to make a sale it’s all about wits.
Ice box gets away selling 9 grams of 10k gold with shitty diamonds at $9,000 in they videos
Thats how they get lil baby to always shop there, always making him feel good not knowing they dont give a fuck about his music or whatever he does.
As a Business/Economics major, I honestly could go on a WHOLE rant about how stupid It Is to spend money on jewelry that's gonna devalue overtime. I wish more rappers hired financial advisers for help, instead of having a bunch of yes-men fools lie to them.
Many many moons ago rappers had teams that consisted of one of them they stopped listening and started shunning having a team same with having security
Why just so they can rob them to? Dont hire a financial adviser, learn what money is and how to use it for yourself.
@@ProAudioMasteringC well, I'd advise learning that from a financial advisor. Who would you recommend?
Not all jewellery devalues over time. Some of it even appreciates in value. The good thing about jewellery is that it holds a lot of value in a small amount of space and can be hidden. You can have your accounts frozen or be bankrupt, but if you hold enough jewellery to sell for cash you can get by. It's also one of those things that you can launder with as well.
@@jelly7310 I wouldn't recommend one person for anything. I would study anybody that seems to offer legitimate information and take it all in. You could also go to school for finance like I did and and learn it that way. One thing is for sure, you want to know it for yourself and not just what someone told you.
The biggest scammers are the supposed “victims” themselves. My friend is a jeweler to these clowns and she tells me how they have the nerve to show up with fake shit trying to trade it in a week after they have purchased it.
The danger of getting ripped off is inherent to wanting ridiculously ostentatious, tacky jewelry. One guy said “they’re not fleecing Wall Street traders”, but they’re not the ones buying this shit.
I sold some rapper an aluminum pie tin. Told him it was a platinum record.😂😂😂
I say this all the time, expensive jewelry, and “luxury designer” brands are made for poor people, please let that sink in…
Most people with real wealth are almost invisible.they don't wear stuff like that or want to show off.these rappers like to wear designer names all over their bodies giving them free promotion.i was watching Kevin Samuels and he had this sign behind him with the name Tom Ford in big black letters.stop giving these people free promotion if they are not doing anything for you in return.i never see them promoting any black designers.21 Savage just said it,when he meets people who are really wealthy,they are not wearing any jewelry
@@drcokepepper 21 said it well and you too thank God some rappers out there are sane in that aspect
Exactly!!!
Not really gucci last longer than a shirt outta Walmart
@@TheFadewolf do you think they buy it for the quality or clout?
1. Resources are things with MULTIPLE uses.
2. A country's wealth is determined by the RESOURCES it has at its disposal.
3. Gold is a resource. It has multiple uses.
4. Diamonds are a resource. They have multiple uses.
A diamond and gold neck piece that spells out your name has only 1 use!!!! Therefore it's actual value substantially lower than what you've paid!!
It’s art
Well said bro
@@eatass5627, and art at the end of the day really has no valuable use lol
Factz why would you get your name on your chain😹😹😹
You can melt the gold down and reuse the diamonds
The funny thing about watches being "Iced out" , It actually ruins the watch, Devalues it. Keep it factory. Putting diamonds in an AP is some of the dumbest thinking ever
“ A lot of rappers simply don’t have the money for this stuff anymore” 😂 that’s so ironic to hear that 😂
"Yea plenty of times but right now it's real though" Big Draco
When ol boy said soulja boy was his biggest customer I couldn’t stop laughing 😭💀
Big facts from big draco 🤣🤣
😑 "big drako" Soulja boy the goofiest rapper; flexin fake money, claiming to own houses he doesn't, his fake chains gotta be worth like $30 a piece "big drako" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@RenaissanceBro sounding salty about Another man
@@VVS1920 I couldn't understand how he don't want ppl to know him because it'll mess up his bread. But lists the biggest mouth rapper in the industry and specifically lists pieces he bought LAST year as if he forgot already where and what he bought
I’m really proud to see the growth and maturity in rappers like 21 savage. This says a lot.
Words like growth and maturity sound fancy but understanding their meaning is way nicer lol.
His set for life with that way of thinking
Was that last part intentional? 😂
@@dahliar410 It’s all society’s doing . Everyone deserves a break
Only took him getting deported. But ok
"It's just rocks & metal, its only worth what you're willing to pay for it"................. Huey Freeman.
Huey freeman said it best when he spoke about Santa but gold is used in computers and phones and other tech. Metal has value.
I really have a hard time thinking of rappers as victims for getting scammed by jewelers. If you are an adult you're responsible for your own purchases and if you're so blinded by wanting to flex that you rush into buying the first thing that shines you got nobody to blame but yourself. Plus when you think about how much hustlers are praised in the rap/hip hop community it's beyond hypocritical to cry when you get hustled yourself. How a rapper gonna rap about hustling their community by dealing drugs then whine when they get worked on some jewelry. Time to grow up, stop whining about your own bad choices and learn to spend your money and stop praising hustlers if you don't like being on the other end of it.
Legit. You turned that victim narrative around quick
but the "evil white man"....or something
so true. Hypocrisy at its finest. Rappers brag and boast about scamming and robbing but when they get scammed all of a sudden its a problem.
They are lied to and sold fakes. It the jeweler's fault.
@@fakeidonthaveahandle if you can afford a $250k+ piece of jewelry you can afford an appraisal.
What these rappers don’t seem to get is when you get a super expensive watch and ice it out, the actual watch goes down in value because it’s not 100% factory anymore. If you want diamonds on your watch buy one with factory set diamonds so you don’t ruin a really nice and rare watch. Just my opinion.
that!!
I feel like they know that, they just have an image to uphold.
@@kyndracrump this has nothing to do with image. buying factory set diamonds and getting aftermarket diamonds would not change your image they're still diamonds. personally I hate the idea of buying diamonds bcs they don't have have. diamonds are literally pressurized carbon.
@@cyrus4821 so why is the rapper starter kit, buying jewelry?
Even people I’ve never heard of before, & come across will tell me they’re a rapper, & have hella jewelry on
@@kyndracrump you clearly didn't understand what I was saying. buying factory diamonds or after market market diamonds holds the exact same image it's just that after market diamonds depreciate significantly faster than factory set diamonds
Just basic common knowledge to know, they even made a saying for it: They got more money than sense. Pride comes just before the fall. It shows itself in all shapes and forms.
Seeing all this I'm tryna find stainless steel jewlery for the best price. Any recommendations for the best alternatives to silver jewlery? I have a real thick silver flat curb link chain but don't want to wear it out hella and risk it getting snatched. Would rather wear imitation with a great look.
Another part to mention is that when a jeweller has an original watch “buss down” (filled with diamonds) it actually chops the price of a watch greatly and there’s no way a real jeweller doesn’t know this. Factory set diamonds or nothing.
It holds sentimental value
Yeah my boy Walter McFadden was an nfl dude his biggest regret is an iced out briteling
That’s correct abu Bhakr al baghdadi
@@anthonylewis6265 nah he shouldn’t regret that lol. Breitlings aren’t worth anything without diamonds either. He should’ve known that isn’t a watch that holds value it isn’t a secret.
Nah if the watch company makes the original with diamonds it holds its value its when the jewelers do it
A buddy and I went to the Diamond District. He bought a chain for 4K. Supposedly, per the jeweler the real value was 3x more and he was getting such a deal. An hour later as we kept shopping walking around he had buyers remorse and went back to return the necklace. The jeweler told him he would give him 1800 back beacuse that’s all it was worth. Lol
To the jewelers defense you can't charge what it's worth or you'll go out of business. You obviously have to markup to make a profit
I'm in the jewelry business so I'm curious and dying to know what chain he bought that was 4k... do you remember?
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@@seankiesling2054 It was a white gold necklace with diamonds around. Of course the jeweler needs to maintain a mark. The issue was an hour later he would not honor the return at the same cost he sold it. This was after he was making such a point the necklace would be worth/insured closer to 12k. Clearly it was only worth $1800.
@@seankiesling2054 4gs...10k or vermeil "flooded" with mossinite.... actually probably not even,..and if the stones were real natural diamonds, think I1-I2 and color alllll the way down the alphabet.. great for drill bits and such, jewlery not so much! And I'm not knocking mossinite, AS LONG as you buy it knowing it's moss and not finessed "they're VVS1' clairity D color mossinite though"
rappers be singing about how they tough and scammers just to get scammed themselves 😂
Insanely flashy jewelry is honestly just low-key some low-IQ stuff. It's absurdly valuable, easy to fence, and puts a huge target on your back. For what?
The dude who said that no truly rich people are flashing bling are right. It telegraphs that you're young, in over your head, and not really thinking things through.
Fools and their money are easily parted,I don’t blame the jewellers
FACTS
As a watch collector this pains me so much. These guys could be saving money and buying authentic by purchasing brands like Tudor, Oris, Tag Heuer, Nomos, Omega, the list goes way on. Everybody is so damn worried about flexing only the highest brands that great brands like these, even though are respectable aren’t flashy enough. Instead they purchase fakes probably the same cost as a Tudor.
@@litty4553 yeah the highest brands, exactly what I said. That consists of Rolex, patek and AP
I wanna see a rapper ice out a Piaget or a Nardin Freak or hell a fucking A.Lange & Sohne.
@@samueljones3668 What would that change in your own life?
Even a Seiko divers SKX would be a better timepiece than what these guys are paying for lol
As a watch collector that's what bothers you about hiphop jewelry and not $200k Pateks being turned into $40k hunks of diamonds?
All these jewellers started sprinkling in lab made diamonds (cvd) with the real ones to cut corners during a time where there was LITERALLY no way to identify them. UNTIL that yehuda machine came out that does an X-ray scan and can identify them. They pop up bright red opposed to blue if they’re natural. A bunch of jewellers got caught once that machine came out. Ppl started putting their pieces in the machine only to realize damn near half the diamonds were lab. So they charged you for 60 carats if diamonds meanwhile there was only 30 & then they also tell you it’s vvs while it’s only vs, then they cut the gold down to a lower %. Tell you it’s 14k but really give you 12-13k. After all that they still have the nerve to hit you with the ultra premium rapper price😂 so you really got fucked in each and every way.
When u watch the jewelers selling to rappers you can literally see them making up the numbers in their head as they go. They just throw out prices to see how stupid the specific rapper they’re selling to is. It’s ridiculous.
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Thank you 21 Savage. The whole damn time I was watching this, I was thinking "The richest people in the world don't have a single piece of jewelry on", and then he goes on and says it.
It’s not true though. They collect watches and wear their jewelry on holidays like normal people
They wear watches, but thats about it really.
The richest people in the world are nerdy white dudes and oil barons. The Saudis definitely wear jewelry, but white men only tend to wear watches.
Everybody doesn’t like jewelry
Wtf Jeff Bezos and Elon have watches that cost like 700,000 and the founder of Toyota wears watches that also cost millions of dollars. Y’all sound dumb they even have car collection of cars that just deprecate and aren’t worth anything. They like to splurge too. We all spend our money on stupid things here and there.
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6:49 man what are you sayin'? if you purchase a jewelery at that price, your familly is already doing great
Wealth whispers. One of my first jobs was for a family owned, multi-national real estate firm. These people have been wealthy for generations! I NEVER saw them behave the way I saw “rich” rappers do. It’s sad to see them wrap so much of their worth up in this jewelry mess when it’s all a facade.
Rappers, in general, are dumb AF.
I went to a real estate meetup yesterday. The speaker was some country white guy who looked like he just got off a fishing trip. Dude is worth a couple of million!
Buying jewelry is a preference, it's not that deep...
@@seoulsoul7446 ya feel me. spent money burnt money anyway
@@Kenxclout Bro some country white guy? What kinda description is that? I went to an options trading seminar and would you believe the speaker was a black city guy. Dude was worth like 3mil and looked like he came there from the block. See the problem?
Back when I thought I was going to be a jewellery designer. I enrolled in the Royal college of jewellery makers, I also worked for the essay office, who are responsible for authenticating and hallmarking precious metals. I can spot fake gold, platinum and silver from 100 paces.
The amount of very upset customers who sent thier pieces in for authentication to only find out it was worthless was insane. The most upset were the ppl who brought what we called "paste" thinking they were real diamonds was also very high.
Custom pieces are only worth scrap metal value, even then I'd check the smelt percentage.. Real diamonds have practically no resale value as the diamond business is set up on the premise of " fake scarcity" they are mined then place in storage to artificially keep prices high. One of the biggest scams going. They know blacks like shiny things. The workmanship on some of this stuff is so poor too
Want to buy gold. By authenticated gold coins, and bullion bars, dont wear it.it really is the weight that matters.
Facts
FAX 100!
This! Sad but bloody true 🙄 Moreover who even wants to buy blood diamonds? As a black person I could never. Lab grown only if I must.
A literal bar of investor grade bullion on a chain is a huge flex
Nothing wrong with buying fake jewelry, if you know it is fake and not paying large amounts of money for it. Rapper need to invest in more long-term investments
Icing out Patek and AP's... classless, tacky, baggy pants wearing hood trash. Glad to see Savage is educated and changing the game for not only himself, but the uneducated mumble rappers that have no idea how to read a contract and create true financial abundance.
I am hearing racial undertones… you would be the same person that would be scared to talk to one of these people. State your opinion, but watch the disrespect sir.
I think what's also painful about the situation is the cognitive dissonance around how a majority of diamonds & expensive jewels are sourced.....blood diamonds never stopped being a thing, y'all. And I highly doubt anything most of these rappers are wearing is ethically sourced; "workers" are being abused & dying for a wage that isn't even a CRUMB of the worth of the jewels they find. On top of that, the amount of damage & extraction being done environmentally is atrocious. While I deeply understand the need to feel seen & validated, on all sides, from jeweler, to rappers/athletes & middlemen, the desire & greed ain't worth it.
If you're interested in looking deeper "Of Blood & Earth" by professor Kevin Bales is an important read
Understand the need to feel seen and validated, from wearing jewlery?
Lol
No different than your iPhone you're typing that comment from... or the shirt you're wearing. Most third world labor is inhumane and similar to slave labor. Problem is most people only care about themselves. That why the world is a shithole.
@@BabyJesus66 bars
Not everyone wears jewelry to be seen or validated. There’s plenty of different reasons do so from cultural to just liking fashion. The only jewelry all I’ll ever spend “big” money which is literal pennies compared to this stuff in this video is earrings and that’s only bc my ears get infected if I don’t. Chains, bracelets and most of my rings are all fake and I could give two fucks that they are but when I wear my gold and black seeing glasses it’s nice to have the whole fit come together with a my gold hoops and fake gold chain and $100 watch from dillards. And I do this for no one but myself even when I don’t leave the house-it’s a ‘look good, feel good’ type thing for me
@@BabyJesus66 There is no comparison between the iPhone, the shirt and this totally UNECESSARY jewelry. These days the phone is a lifeline: people conduct their business, check in on family and loved ones, protect their homes and more. "The shirt you're wearing" keeps you warm and preserves your decency - if you're a woman. Exactly what use does this jewelry serve? There is very much a "difference." And by the way - what are YOU typing your comment from???
the fact that their response to lil baby was I would never "knowingly" sell him fake jewelry should be a red flag for all of his customers.
Right? Like you are the jeweler, you should know a real from a fake. This doesn’t seem like a place to appraise jewelry either, since they can’t spot a fake. 😂
4:12 he said him, or anyone else. and what he meant is if he did sell a fake, it wouldnt be intentional. itll be because he didnt know as well. regardless, most of these jewelers are scammers.
@@tahitiantreatskeetjuice692 that's the issue. He's a jeweler. He should see if something is fake or generally be able to check.
IceBlingers is not just any other hip hop jewelry store. I've been shopping there for over a year and they have never disappointed me. They have great prices and an even better selection. I highly recommend them!
I once sold a rapper that shall remain unnamed, a hubcap hanging off of a bicycle chain. To this day he thinks that he is sporting platinum jewelry.
My van is missing a hubcap and my bike was stolen, but I made a nice bit of change $$$.
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Great video! I'm a jewelry designer and I always feel second hand embarrassment when I hear how much celebs pay for cheap, gaudy jewelry.
I also made a video exposing Jewelry. Check it out!
Damn I might start a jewelry business. Imagine getting $500k for something that's worth $40. That's crazy profit.
Very uneducated sentence.
@@guerillagames9871 dude definitely took out a ppp loan during the pandemic
@@system331 oh yeah, that’s a call 😅
Yeah ok, know who you f#ckin with though, some dudes don’t take kindly to getting played….you may get found in a dumpster if you get found at all.
I’m the last five to ten years I feel like people have gone away from wanting to spend money on an actually good product or get a good deal for the value the product holds. Now it seems like people just want to spend as much as possible just to show that they got it like that, even if the product is no where near worth the price.
Jewelers should be upfront on the diamond clarity. There are a lot of regular people who dgaf and will buy them. The factory can bust your watch down as well, that would be your best bet to ensure authenticity.
Best bet is go to a reputable jeweler, looking at a lot of these guy the rappers go to, you know they're scamming; they look shady. I've seen plenty of watch dealers react to rappers warch collections, and how they think their watches are 250k, 100k, when they're well under 100k or basiclly worthless because they flooded it with diamonds.
I used to work for a jeweler and I found that the items that have small but numerous diamonds; it is usually that the diamonds are "machine cut" industrial diamonds. They are the leftovers from the high end diamonds. The value of each machine cut diamond is about $5 each. Most don't know that large diamonds (1 carat) is where the money is at.
Vlad: asks a question.
Rapper: Starts to answer
Vlad: Interrupts immediately and repeatedly
I used to work at a jewelry store back when "black diamonds" were popular and it was nuts because black diamonds are basically worthless... practically still 100% coal...just shiny...but because rappers fell for the lie that black diamonds were valuable and made them cool among the hip hop community, we had tons of people coming in every day asking for black diamonds. They'd end up paying three times what they were actually worth, if not more. A few times I tried whispering to customers that it wasn't worth it. That they were a scam. But most people didn't wanna hear it.
At least you tried.
I bought an engagement ring got it appraised and it matched what the dealer said and I got the paper work. It’s crazy how rappers buy diamonds and don’t get the paper work
90 percent of them can’t read the paper. That’s why they get caught up in crazy label contracts
All these iced out people you see often tells you 2 things - they have new money and chances are, they not gonna have that in 20 years. Unless they got 10s or 100s of millions. Jewelry is NOT an investment. Especially if they ice it out.
The only way you gonna make money off your jewellery is if you get a collector piece or if its got a pedigree. An old Rolex in good condition is often more valueable than a new iced out one.
I find the topic interesting. To be clear, scamming a rapper by selling him/her fake jewelry is a different issue from their financial decision to spend their money on jewelry instead of prepping up for financial stability. The issue of showing off as part of the hip hop culture is not financially wise. However, this does not excuse the scammer.
They prey on who ever is uneducated in the field. How the hell do you make a purchase like that and don’t get it double and triple checked. 🤦🏻
I been looking at a bit of jewellery lately, when it comes to my other hobbies, wether it's hats, shoes, action figures, cards and clothes, I always buy legit.
But when it comes to jewellery, for one I can't afford thousands of dollars of jewels, and 2 even if I could I wouldn't throw my money away on stuff that is just artificially inflated in price, and most likely uses some sort of slave labour to get the goods too
"A fool & his money are soon parted".
I had a custom piece made by a famous Houston jeweler about 15 years ago. I also bought a chain for it. I remember paying at least 2k for the chain and about 5k for the piece. Fast forward to 2021... went into a high end jewelry shop in Dallas to look for a Rolex. As I'm looking the owner saw my chain and offered to clean it. He also asked if I ever thought about selling the set. For kicks I asked what was he offering? He tested the chain, piece diamonds, and the piece gold. The diamonds checked out good, the chain gold checked out good, but the custom piece would not react to the gold test. He said it may contain gold but not enough to register 10k. The custom piece was deemed worthless. Funny part is the value of the chain is now more than the custom piece. So yeah, I got ripped off by a famous jeweler too. Fortunately gold prices are up enough for me to at least hold value in the chain.
What’s the name of this famous jeweler?
@@AnTunZee it doesn't matter. These jewelers have a cult following. There are numerous videos showing how they scam customers. Also, not all their jewelery is fake. The issue is that no one is going to challenge these jewelers about the purity of their gold or if diamonds are natural vs lab grown. If someone is willing to pay thousands of dollars for suspect items then I can't knock the hustle. I will say do your homework before dropping large amounts of cash on anything you buy.
@@DamonNash fair enough. I personally don’t wear jewelry because A). It’s not my style B). Jewelry is pretty worthless
@@AnTunZee it might be Danny Wang because he’s a celebrity jeweler in Houston
@@AnTunZee jewelry isn't worthless by any means if it's real. If you have real gold you can melt it down and get the cash value for what it's worth. Gold is a touch over 2k an ounce right now... if you got real gold watches and chains you can melt that all down and walk out with a few thousands dollars in cash
I find it amusing and sad how rappers never learn from the mistakes of others....Salute to them Jewlers finessing these dimwitted goofys
That's why dumb people shouldn't be allowed to have money.
In the words of Cynthia G. When you see a sucker, lick it
@@DickDickerson01 Nah they’re good for the economy since they give all of their earnings right back to the businesses lol
Diamonds hold no real value outside being jewelry. It’s a trend for rich and wealthy sold to us regular folks.
Fun fact: Diamonds are literally worth nothing, but they had so much stuck in stock that they created this marketing ideia around diamonds and how they last forever (which they don't) and how shinny it was, and people bought the ideia. It's actually a very common stone.
Yes sir same with alot of things
DeBeers family
I see you watched that fake documentary as well. And no they are not very common. There are a lot of them but only located in specific places which makes them “rarer”. Please don’t comment on stuff you know literally nothing about.
@@kevinwebster7868 Someone has a diamond and is pissed they heard the truth that they are intrinsically worthless..lol stay mad
If diamonds are such a "common", stone, why are they so expensive?? Why don't we all have them??
This is why diamond testers are necessary if you’re a rapper.
crazy cvd diamonds and moissanite pass the diamond test but aint real
I don't even understand why people even care. I'd rather have a fake diamond than one some kid in Africa got his foot cut off for.
@@TubiTuesdays cuz they spending mad bread on it
@@TubiTuesdays Bruh if you're dropping 6+ figures on a piece that is unique or created specifically for you, then the authenticity of the diamonds plays a huge part in whether or not it can be looked at as an asset, or if it's just another facet of the flex package.
Yes!
ALL THEM CHAINS BEAUTIFUL PIECES I WOULD LOVE TO COLLECT THEM IN THE FUTURE. I ALWAYS WANTED NWA AND DMX CHAINS AND THAT IN HALER TEKASHI HAD IS DOPE PIECE.
The real, REAL problem is that success in rap music depends on whether people believe you or not.
All these acts of showing off on Instagram, beef and fake street scandals, are to convince the listener that the rapper is genuinely living an exciting movie type lifestyle because the average rap listener would not buy the music of an artist they don't believe.
That’s the truth
That’s the truth
will smith/fresh prince is proof. A-list talent & creativity, but slapped for being "not real enough" when he's more real than the majority out there.
And how many people have died trying to emulate that lifestyle?
@@kedrickswain6509 Exactly! He made great music, and kept it real, but was so disrespected for some bullshit reason
As a man that makes jewelry and has been in the jewelry business for a substantial amount of years it is almost breathtaking that a lot of these rappers have not been properly educated on quality metals, stones and gems. I watch them spend so much money like it’s going out of style and them not knowing they’re getting ripped off not only because lack of quality but also the “production” these places put into their “jewelry” it’s a shame honestly. These guys buy for the look and not the weight of craftsmanship it’s hard to watch.
I’ve laughed my ass off for so many years seeing all these rappers “flex” shit tier chains!! It sucks the truth is coming out.
I walked into 7th grade metal shop and our first assignment was to make a ring from a nut - been at it every since
I have done gold recovery and silver recovery, and even melted aluminum cans
So, I eventually went to college for jewelry making . . .I buy a lot of jewelry from friends and pay more than SCRAP prices . . . I repair and buff/polish stuff and resell it . . I do very well because people find out , if they spend $ 1,000 for a ring, they will be lucky to get 1/2 if they sell it
The main problem is the most people couldn't tell a white diamond ( natrual , lab created) from a CZ, YAG or glass. For most people if it shines and its clear its a diamond. People need to educate themselves on the different gemstones that are out there. Even if that meas they have to become GIA certified