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Lil Wayne said "the whole country's in recession, but Wayne different." Such is true for many bling-enthusiasts across the country; their expensive obsession with diamonds and shiny rare metals may dent their mountainous bank accounts, but it's a small price to pay for looking super fresh. For the rest of us, there are still fifty-cent gumball machines with plastic trinkets painted gold and molded to say "Get Money." Here are 41 pictures of the craziest bling around.

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Extra props to Lil' John for having the good sense to include a (diamond-encrusted) apostrophe
Mini Me
Excessive sparkle has been known to induce headaches
64 different colored diamonds? Impressive!
Just in case you didn't realize it was quite expensive
"Coca Baby 95" - a piece of bling as obscure as it is blinding
Gucci Mane is depressed at the declining quality of The Simpsons
Now that's oldschool
(H)unk of metal
Keeping it meta-real
Pirate Booty
Fly as he may be, he'll have to take it off for the metal detectors
Mixing it up
The everlasting dichotomy of any great artist
MJ has this one, too
Look away if you're epileptic
YEAAAHHHH!!!
He kept the leftovers
James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, Magic Juan is The Archbishop of Bling
Pulling out all the stops for St. Patrick's Day
"I'm Blingin' it"™
The bling of the ancients
This chain is rumored to be worth more than the actual Statue of Liberty
Yo dawg, I heard you like bling, so I put some diamonds on your diamonds so you can sparkle while you sparkle
Watch this space
The only way to eat a diamond is with another diamond...
The eternal King of Bling
To be fair, she started it all
Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase, 'million dollar smile'
Yellowed teeth isn't necessarily a bad thing
A dogged disrespect for mainstream style
Blingcycle
An expensive perchase
"Don't make me blingy. You wouldn't like me when I'm blingy."
Neck strain: the constant curse of the bling-ridden
The bling equivalent of alphabet soup
Holy bling, Batman!
This necklace was eventually traded for an actual Ferrari
More ice than Greenland and Alaska combined
It'll be the priciest black eye you ever get