{"id":36946,"date":"2017-07-14T23:59:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T03:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=36946"},"modified":"2017-07-15T00:10:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T04:10:55","slug":"21-savage-is-in-the-game-your-move-rick-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/21-savage-is-in-the-game-your-move-rick-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Savage Is in the Game. Your Move, Rick Ross."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2011, I was thrilled to find out that <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/rick-ross-and-my-dream-jewelry-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rapper Rick Ross owned a ginormous, diamond-encrusted chain portraying his own bearded visage<\/a>. (This was a belated discovery; Ross was wearing the chain as far back as 2008.)<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:435px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/80157917\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:136.551724% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/80157917?et=jlKlPI-TSwF0arvjRyxjEA&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=huVsNNc9lmQLwuve-eNSaVuDKJnhr0RXjvdjSoCQSd4=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"435\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p> There have been a lot of jaw-dropping chains in the rap world &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.complex.com\/style\/2011\/12\/the-50-greatest-chains-in-hip-hop\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enough for Complex to put together a list of the top 50.<\/a>\u00a0 But Ross&#8217;s ultra-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=meta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meta<\/a> chain was special. I wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; I\u2019ve said before that if you ask me for a bejeweled <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/what-wont-be-in-my-next-collection-family-guy-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-slimstat=\"5\">Stewie from Family Guy necklace<\/a> or an <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/mariah-careys-push-present-nameplate-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-slimstat=\"5\">eyesore nameplate necklace<\/a>, I\u2019ll turn you down. But if you ask me for a giant diamond version of your own face, I will scream, &#8216;YES!!!&#8217; A diamond face isn\u2019t run-of-the-mill, boring bad. It\u2019s superbad \u2026 and I can get down with that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then Ross got another chain that depicted him WEARING the original face chain, after which Vice &#8220;interviewed&#8221; the original chain for a story called, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/qbwzmb\/we-interviewed-rick-rosss-chain-of-his-own-face-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Interviewed Rick Ross\u2019s Chain of His Own Face<\/a>.&#8221; (&#8220;Fuck that guy,&#8221; the chain said when Vice asked it about Ross&#8217;s &#8220;chain of himself wearing a chain of himself.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I never expected to see bejeweled self-portraiture to equal the chain that inspired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/rapolantern-rick-ross-pum_b_1067765.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the best Halloween pumpkin carvings OF ALL TIME<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36947\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/armedsnobbery.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/every-day-im-pumkinin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36947\" class=\"wp-image-36947\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pumpkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pumpkin.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pumpkin-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pumpkin-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pumpkin-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loved this jack-o&#8217;-lantern so much that I tracked down its carver, Kristjan Olsen, and wrote about it for the Huffington Post. Click for original source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But, as I like to say, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/never-is-the-next-new-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Never Is the Next New Thing\u2122<\/a>,&#8221; and the hot young rapper 21 Savage is giving Ross a run for his money. With his debut album, <em>Issa Album<\/em>, currently at #2 on iTunes &#8212; right behind Jay-Z&#8217;s <em>4:44<\/em> &#8212; 21 Savage splurged on a custom chain from Rafaello &amp; Co. that has his own tattooed face on one side and a blinged-out version of <em>Friday the 13th<\/em> murderer <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/its-halloween-jewelry-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Voorhees<\/a>&#8216;s hockey mask on the other side.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BWdqCnDjgRd\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Gabriel Jacobs #riperic (@rafaelloandco)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-07-12T22:32:15+00:00\">Jul 12, 2017 at 3:32pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/news\/2017\/06\/boosie-badazz-gets-crazy-new-chain-made\/\" target=\"_blank\">As XXL Magazine pointed out<\/a>, 21 Savage&#8217;s chain debuts just a month after another rapper, Boosie Badazz, showed off his portrait chain by IceMan Nick &#8212; one that depicts Boosie wearing a chain, though, tragically, not a chain of himself. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BVBD2rjBa8g\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">You know I&#39;m only fucking with the best&#8230; cause I&#39;m the best, 1up!!! #IfItDoneHitThenItAintByNick #DoneRight #TeamDoneRight  @iceman_nick<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Boosie BadAzz (@officialboosieig) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-06T23:28:27+00:00\">Jun 6, 2017 at 4:28pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Damn! It&#8217;s time for Rick Ross to reclaim his spot as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WfZQojhOwcw\" target=\"_blank\">bawse<\/a> of the self-chain gang, and I&#8217;ve got some ideas. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/rick-ross-weight-loss-photos\" target=\"_blank\">How about a tribute to the 100-lb. weight loss Ross achieved over the past few years<\/a>? Ross has attributed his slimmer physique to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/2016\/01\/rick-ross-details-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">healthier eating, including fruits and vegetables<\/a>. As he explained in a 2014 interview, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/rick-ross-pears\" target=\"_blank\">I eat pears now and shit like that &#8230; shoutout to all the pears<\/a>.&#8221; So how about a before-and-after chain showing Ross&#8217;s full body. Like this, but with Rick Ross instead of a blonde Barbie knockoff.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:342px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/669958354\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:147.660819% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/669958354?et=Qp8q0lVTTRF1R7HqdWVgMA&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=JIeXW1M2RRnAUlig5R-ja6xwjGrmutKSEAVFjV_u0pQ=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"342\" height=\"505\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Or and updated version of his face, this time shaped like a giant pear <em>a la<\/em> this 2014 art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bossip.com\/1066024\/pear-season-a-look-into-the-internets-obsession-with-slimmed-down-pear-lover-rick-ross\/3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rickrosspear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rickrosspear.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/rickrosspear-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pear Rick Ross would have to be set with some pear-shaped diamonds, of course! Call me, Rick Ross. Let&#8217;s do this thing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2011, I was thrilled to find out that rapper Rick Ross owned a ginormous, diamond-encrusted chain portraying his own bearded visage. (This was a belated discovery; Ross was wearing the chain as far back as 2008.) 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