Masonic Hip Hop Bling

Check out the bling on this Masonic buckle!

I came across these pieces of Masonic bling today, further illustrating the intriguing (and somewhat odd) nexus that has seemed to form between Hip Hop and Freemasonry.

It’s sold by an outfit called Hiphopbling.com, which, not surprisingly, specializes in hip hop style jewelry.  They have a whole page of this stuff! (Although I didn’t find any Masonic rings — I would have expected some.)

My question is — and I don’t mean this condescendingly — who is the target market for this?  Are there non-masonic fans of hip hop who think the idea of Freemasonry is cool and wear the Masonic bling, or are there Freemasons so involved in the hip hop scene that they would be the target customers for an item like this?  I dunno.  I’d enjoy hearing feedback on this.

Oh, and I should point out that my site is not affiliated in any way with this site — I’m not getting any kind of commission or anything from this post . . . just thought it was interesting.