Buy, Sell, Trade.
AUDIO By Contra™ on August 30, 2008 at 8:29 pm
So it turns out auctioning ice is the next big cash cow.
On October 1st, if you have long money and happen to be on the East Coast, you can try your luck at obtaining some of Hip Hop’s most coveted jewels at Phillips de Pury. Lil’ Jon’s Guiness Book of World Records’ certified monstrosity will be one of the pieces for sale along with some more historical gems from the likes of 50, Missy, Tupac and Biggie.
Someone recently pointed out that investing in stones was one of the wiser things rappers could do in a struggling economy, as opposed to real estate, stock etc. I disagreed.
There’s a huge difference between investing, and just buying ice.
The latter is vastly retarded in the current economy, and any economy for that matter. Plus 99% of the rappers out there do not know that much about things of value. Dudes just ‘discovered’ Audemars Piguet when Beyonce sang about it and didn’t know what a Rolex was before BIG put it in a verse. I’d be dog-damned if they could tell you anything about the Karat system, or how much a Maurice LaCroix timepiece would hit for.
As for diamonds and stones, it is to be noted that for the most part, rap money just isn’t enough anymore. For example, the diamonds alone in Lil’ Jonathan’s pendant run well over half a million, and in turn hold the world record.
Are we meant to believe that Nore, Sean Kingston, and this cereal loving weirdo can near let alone match this number after taxes? Even if they could, you know that joint would probably get snatched, right? *cough*
My advice to those young’ns, and old heads is to fall back, buy a couple of 4 bedroom houses in the South at a bank auction and sell them back next June when their prices shoot up and get the tax break on both years.
Like smart investors would do.
“Hip-Hop’s Crown Jewels” | An Auction at Phillips de Pury, New York [HighSnobiety]
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Onyx - Shut Em Down
Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin
Gangstarr - The Ownerz
Master P Presents - West Coast Bad Boyz II
Xzibit - Restless
Method Man And Redman - Blackout
Posted in AUDIO, EDUTAINMENT, GENERAL, Gear, MUSIC, SMOKE BREAK, STRAY SHOTS — Tags: 50 Cent, Auction, Ice, Lil Jon, Missy Elliott, Nore, Sean Kingston, Yung Berg
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29 Comments
It’s a recession…URRBODY BROKE!
speak for ya self fam
i knew crunk was dead as soon as he bought that chain. i bet nobody buys that shit
“I’d be dog-damned if they could tell you anything about the Karat system, or how much a Maurice LaCroix timepiece would hit for.”
…since you, a person who, I’m assuming, doesn’t have the slightest use for knowing about this shit, seem to be such a credible critic, I don’t think it’d be a stretch to imagine that rappers might also have the brain capacity to “tell me anything about the Karat system….”
This is a cool bit of news, but it feels like the article you’ve written is based on your decision that all these guys are just retards from the get-go. I know this is an opinion forum just as much as it is a spot to get music and updates, but still, pretty condescending.
….. and isn’t all their shit fake, anyway?
when u invest in jewels u usually get loose stones and such….
i assume a piece that says CRUNK AINT DEAD will be hard to move in the world of jewelery collectors.
that turntable ring is dope as fuck tho.
Jewelry is such a horrible investment. If you must buy jewelry please abide by the four “C’s” Color, Cut, Clarity and Carat…
as Ghost said on The World According to Ghost - “Stop buying that cheap ass cloudy jewelry, ya fucking up the game. You fall off in the spot fuckin’ it up. It was sunny in here and here you come takin’ the sun away…”
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man…what a boring TSS night….
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^ Crank up the Madden & play one of your mixtapes to liven things up for yourself lol.
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I was under the impression all them shits were fake. ____nites.
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LOL @ Gotty. im workin man, cant partake in Madden…dont get so defensive nigro, i wasnt bashing the lack of topics posted on here, more so on the lack of comments, altho i cant really say shit- i know if i wasnt workin and didnt have my daughter keepin me home, i damn sure wouldnt be on TSS postin.
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good looking homie i appreciate what yall doin out here gotty and erebody im new to this shit but i love it…..gotta check tss daily homie
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and im waiting for t.i.’s sink to start dripping
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plus,
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Trick Daddy was talking about buying homes for the tax write off.
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more gangstarr please………the good / better ones if they are around
Good looks Jaycee…’preciate the butter joints as usual.
“…didn’t know what a Rolex was before BIG put it in a verse…”
na you got it twisted.
its not just rappers that know a whole lot about luxury items, but CRIMINALS IN GENERAL. since rap and the street / boosting / crime / robberies go so hand in hand together, its a lot of criminal knowledge in the rap game. and criminal knowledge is a lot about real / fake luxury items.
because you steal that shit and then you sell that shit.
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