Generation Bubble

Gangsta Lean: Economic Recession and the False Luster of Hip-Hop Bling

When it comes to the glitz of thug life these days, many bruthas be frontin’. Or so this story from the May 26 edition of The Guardian would have us believe. Once the stuff of basic-cable purlieus like HSN and QVC, ersatz gems have found their way onto the necks, wrists and fingers of rap [...]