I also love “White Lines” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Hyde which I absolutely love because of the hook line. But if I look at early rap, there’s a song called “Genius Rap” by Dr.
SIMON DE PURY: There are quite a few, in fact. One thing’s certain: Hip-hop has always got heart.īEVY SMITH: What’s your favorite hip-hop song and why? (Although who could resist at least wearing a piece around the block a few times first?). Buyers will also have the opportunity to donate their purchases to the museum for inclusion in its hip-hop archives. Additional proceeds will benefit Rush Community Affairs, Russell Simmons’s umbrella of nonprofit organizations. The proceeds from the sale of five pieces will directly benefit the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History’s Hip-Hop Won’t Stop initiative to build a permanent hip-hop collection. With de Pury’s goal of making sure hip-hop is seen as an authentic art form, 50 to 60 iconic pieces are set to be auctioned off. Don’t let the Swiss accent fool you-de Pury is a true hip-hop fan. In keeping with its reputation as the young collectors’ auction house, Phillips de Pury will present “Hip-Hop’s Crown Jewels.” The auction is the brainchild of the house’s chairman, Simon de Pury, or as he’s known in some circles, MC de Pury.
Hip-hop stars are 21st-century royalty, and their jewels from the ’80s to the present will take center stage at one of the world’s most acclaimed auction houses, Phillips de Pury & Company, in New York City.
We saw the emergence of diamonds everywhere: on necklaces, pinky rings, 10-carat stud earrings-and that was just for the men! Real hip-hop fans stopped saying bling when Katie Couric started using it, but Liberace had nothing on Diddy. When hip-hop moved out of the park and into the boardroom in the ghetto fabulous ’90s, the aesthetic received a red-carpet upgrade. Simon de Puryīack in the ’80s when hip-hop started getting hot, the must-have jewelry included phat rope chains, bamboo earrings (at least two pairs, according to LL Cool J), and 14-karat-gold medallions. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to-it’s part of its history, part of its aura. Provenance is something very important in jewelry.
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