Lil Wayne brings, is the bling
From the Wall Street Journal, word that the recession is really, seriously everywhere (except for maybe North Dakota):
In an attempt to keep up appearances, celebrity jewelers say rappers are asking them to make medallions with less-precious stones and metals. Some even whisper that the artists have begun requesting cubic zirconia, the synthetic diamond stand-in and QVC staple.
Which development has led 50 Cent to holler up competitors for pulling back from the bling, a term Lil Wayne is said to have coined. But the decline is only natural. "A lot of these rappers simply don't have the money for real stuff anymore," jeweler Jason Arasheben tells the paper. "It's to the point where they are wearing imitation jewelry, and that's ridiculous."
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