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Quiz: match the rapper to his bling

Rapper Tyga on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards 2015
Rapper Tyga … Holding his chains aloft for a better view? Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

1 Which rapper paid homage to his stage name with this jumper – and perhaps gave a nod to Run DMC with this hefty gold chain?

Snoop Dogg
Smoke DZA
Schoolly D

2 Here’s a timeless look, according to the rapper who’s famously lugged this giant clock around for years. Is this:

Funkmaster Flex
Jam Master Jay
Flavor Flav

3 Nothing screams “admire my craft” quite like wearing a necklace modelled after your own face. Who opts for this doppelganger pendant onstage?

Diddy
Rick Ross
Cee-Lo Green

4 Which New York rapper and self-described “fashion killer” wore these rather tastefully slim chains?

A$AP Rocky
Nas
Busta Rhymes

5 “I said my necklace iced out, my left wrist iced out” – this Atlanta rapper wasn’t kidding when he bragged about his jewellery in song.

2 Chainz
Waka Flocka Flame
Trinidad James

6 Which old-school rapper sported this, er, explosive-looking chain and a ring in homage to his record label?

Ice T
Ice Cube
Chuck D

7 Look closely and you’ll see a major clue about this Atlanta rapper’s stage name. Who’s this?

Big Boi
Rich the Kid
Rich Homie Quan

8 Who’s behind this totally understated bejewelled tribute to his own hip-hop group?

50 Cent
Tyler, the Creator
The Game

9 More is more for this British-born rapper, who’s been sampled and referenced by several fellow hip-hop acts.

T-Pain
Slick Rick
Tinie Tempah

10 Which of these rappers (pictured here with fashion designed Marc Jacobs) is founder of the Billionaire Boys Club – and used to favour ice-cream motifs and this self-referential gem?

Pharrell Williams
Earl Sweatshirt
Lil Wayne

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