Rap music broke through during the eighties establishing itself as a subculture and with it rappers came to the scene with a style that from its beginning stood out for being excessively flamboyant, showing that extravagance, wide clothes, caps and big pieces of jewelry would be their hallmark, focused on attracting everyone’s attention, generating furor has been a very simple task because with their arrival people will start talking a lot.
For the exponents of rap and hip hop, the ideal way to show the results of their work, as well as to define their status, has undoubtedly been through the wearing of flamboyant and of course large jewels, the more brilliant pieces they exhibit, the better is for them, with the passing of years this would become a unique feature, these jewels became an essential part of what would become a select group of people followed by many.
Among rappers’ jewels, broad and long chains stand out and that they tend to wear in large quantities, generating a traffic of stares straight to their necks, with huge charms of different shapes, in order to transmit a message written in gold and silver, decorated with small precious stones and as a finishing touch the distinctive wearing of big rings.
The world of hip hop has evolved and the list of people who have been part of it is immense; however, if it is about the use of jewelry, a great reference of this has been Slick Rick, a pioneer in the wearing of gold chains, even wearing more than twenty of them, establishing a model and serving as inspiration for many other artists.
Not only rappers, exponents of different musical genres also began to incorporate into their costumes and accessories the wearing of flashy jewels like rap style, the frenzy was so big that shine had no problems in adding to made-to-measure facets of the teeth of who wants it, this from the hand of outstanding jewelers of the industry.
Glowing teeth based on gold and precious stones became a trend among rappers and other artists such as Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, who had no reservations to show their peculiar smile in the most important events of music and red carpets.
All this would mark a precious reference for the growing music industry and the new talents that try to attract their audience’s attention, such as the still young urban music, this being reflected in artists of the stature of Wisin and Yandel, who in each presentation, concert or music video let see their discreet jewels at all, the brightness trend was established so strongly that precious stones have been added to accessories such as sunglasses, cell phones and shoes.
Nowadays, without having listened to their music or even known them, by watching in detail what they wear, it becomes a simple task to recognize them as rappers or representatives of the urban genre, this style has managed to catch on and stand firm in time, to the point of being flexible and joining new musical branches such as “reggaetón”, being accepted by fans and adding more followers.
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