Art Pottery, Politics and Food
Thursday, October 16, 2003
 
The Beeb on Bling!

The Regency, 140.50 carats, worn by Louis XV & Napoleon

Bling is the phrase for the prevailing fashion of our time...in today's pervasive hip-hop culture, where cash is for flashing and wealth is for brandishing, diamonds are no longer merely a discreet confidante...Public Enemy rapper Chuck D is more forthright in his view. "Hip hop," he says, "is sucking the nipples of Uncle Sam harder than ever before."
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