YouTube, premiering Thursday. The series — which was also featured in last month’s Tribeca Film Festival — examines why outrageous jewels have become such a vital part of hip-hop culture.“I think a lot of people don’t realize how these pieces and creative expression through jewelry — whether it’s a bracelet, or a pendant or whatever — they’re viewed as trophies,” director Karam Gill told The Post.
Gill, who spent four years on this project, said that the tradition of rappers sporting lavish, eye-catching baubles — from enormous diamond stud earrings to gem-speckled chain necklaces — is all about stars finding ways to acknowledge, and communicate, their successes.“Hip-hop culture isn’t like a sport,” Gill said.
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