The Sound of Money

“‘The first time ‘bling’ was used was in a Jamaican reggae song in 1969,’ I’d been told by Reggie Osse, co-author of the newly released Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book, ‘for the sound the sparkling of a diamond would make under sunlight if ’sparkle’ could make a sound.’”

– Nancy Jo Sales, “Is Hip-Hop’s Jeweler on the Rocks?“, Vanity Fair

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