Black & Gold

Not to insinuate anything about my fraternity with the obvious title, this post regards Blacks as a whole culture and our love and attraction for gold..."I went to Jacob hour after my advance, I just wanted to shine" Kanye West in Touch the Sky..."and I could blame my environment/but there's no reason why I be buying expensive chains" Jay-Z in Public Service Announcement...rappers aren't the only people with the mentality. Blacks, no matter the social class and various environment look to Gold as one of the primary indicators of "wealth" or "success"...I did some research and it is stated that this isn't just something that black people started doing recently or this isnt just about ppl that have lived in impoverished areas and they have a lack of education on what to properly do with their money instead of purchasing gold, no...this dates back to our ancestors back in Africa...According to atlantapost.com, back in those ancient times, “The sharper the dress, the flashier the gold the more you are taking care of yourself and putting yourself ideally in proximity to important people and even to the divine,"...Imean all of this is documented that the continent of Africa is the mecca for Gold and Diamonds hints the reason why it is called the Gold Coast. Gold Mining was extremely important in West Africa between the two large empires at the time, Ghani and Mali, and to distinguish the leaders of these tribes or the wealthy, the amount of Gold that was worn was your way of knowing..this goes to this day in age when jay-z and was being interviewed and he said that he was "wealthy" way before he officially started rapping due to his success in drug dealing. When he first started making real money, the first thing he purhcased were the big rope chains, and the 4 finger rings, bracelets, etc b/c that was how u knew who the top hustlers were in the area..the nigga wit the biggest chain or the most jewelry was the nigga with most money, simply put..Gold has always been a representation of class, its basically a nonverbal way of showing the world that you've made it! Needless to say, there are booths and boutiques in every mall and on every corner that claim to sell "gold" and we all know that this isnt the case so for all the dudes that have the big chains that hang to your belt, if u didnt pay over a g(thousand dollars), then.....i dont have to say it, u already kno...but in conclusion, Gold today plays the same role as gold did hundreds and hundreds of years ago, and it simply defines prestige...Gold comes from Africa, African Americans come from Africa, African Americans wear gold..shit is wat it is...

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Shout out to all my 06 brothers, Black & Gold till i die