Top 5 Most Expensive and Craziest Hip-Hop Jewelry

If you didn't already know, hip-hop jewelry is flashy and excessive—the bigger and grander, the better! If you think about it, there's a reason why rap and hip-hop artists choose to wear these large, flashy pieces everywhere they go. Hip-hop music has always been a reflection of difficult life experiences, discrimination, oppression, and the struggles these artists face to succeed in the music world and in life. What better way to symbolize their success, status, and wealth than to flaunt it with expensive, flashy jewelry that announces their arrival in society? And these artists have definitely done it, without a doubt! Here are 5 artists who go overboard when it comes to creating hip-hop jewelry—the craziest pieces you've ever seen!

5. Rick Ross's Channel

Rick Ross debuted this hip hop jewelry piece around red carpet events in 2008. Estimated to be worth $1,500,000, this bling bling features a large gold chain with an oversized pendant of his face encrusted with yellow diamonds—a true tribute to himself!

4. Jay-Z's Cuban Chain

It may be an understatement compared to Mr. Carter's immense wealth, but this particular Cuban link chain weighs a staggering 5 kilos and is the largest Cuban link chain ever made! Estimated to be worth around $400,000, this classic chain is a nod to the roots of hip-hop jewelry, but mixed with a modern-day vibe with its oversized adaptation.

3. Lil Uzi Vert's Marilyn Manson Chain

With so many rappers and hip-hop artists wearing hip-hop jewelry that pays homage to them, it's refreshing and enjoyable to see someone paying homage to another music icon, especially rock legend Marilyn Manson. First seen on Lil Uzi Vert's Instagram account, the Marilyn Manson chain features a 100-carat diamond spike VS necklace called the Uzi Vert chain, which is valued at $100,000. It also comes with a pendant that depicts Marilyn Manson wearing a Mickey Mouse hat studded with 55 carats of black and white diamonds. The entire piece is estimated to be worth around $220,000.

2. TakeOff's Solar System Channel

How would you like to have the world—and the entire universe, too!—in the palm of your hand? That's what Migos rapper TakeOff offers with his Solar System Chain, which he commissioned from Elliot Avianne in 2017. The $500,000 USD gem is a premium piece, featuring a marine-link chain and a spaceship bearing the YRN logo, detailed with the sun and surrounding planets.

1. Rapper Slick Rick's Justice Logo Chain

Taking the top spot is none other than the pioneer and king of hip-hop jewelry himself, Slick Rick. Undeniably the one (and only!) root of the hip-hop world, Slick Rick has been stacking and rocking the wildest and flashiest chains since the mid-80s, decades before anyone else! His Scale of Justice chain features an oversized gold rope chain with a medallion pendant the size of a dinner plate and encrusted with diamonds. Its value is estimated at $250,000.

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