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Kendrick Lamar closed out the 2022 Glastonbury Festival on 26 June while wearing a diamond-encrusted crown. Image via Twitter @PigsAndPlans

Dripping in diamonds: Kendrick Lamar’s Glastonbury crown has 50 thorns

It took 1 300 hours for four craftsmen to put together American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s diamond-encrusted crown. Take a look…

Kendrick

Kendrick Lamar closed out the 2022 Glastonbury Festival on 26 June while wearing a diamond-encrusted crown. Image via Twitter @PigsAndPlans

After performances from Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Fleetwood Mac and more, Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar closed out the 2022 Glastonbury Festival in England on Sunday 26 June. 

Lamar performed some music from his fifth studio album, Mr Morale & the Big Steppers and dazzled the audience in a diamond-encrusted crown made with 8 000 diamonds. 

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KENDRICK LAMAR AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 

Kendrick Lamar was set to perform at the Glastonbury Festival in 2020, but the show was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two years later, Lamar took the stage in full force. This marks one of Lamar’s few performances since releasing Mr Morale & the Big Steppers

Apart from performing some of his newer tracks, including N95 and Savior, the 35-year-old rapper also performed his chart-topping single from his Damn album, Humble

Lamar also close off his performance with a few words about the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, a ruling that protects a woman’s right to have an abortion.

“Godspeed for women’s rights, they judge you, they judge Christ,” said Lamar. 

WATCH LAMAR PERFORM ‘HUMBLE’ HERE 

DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED ‘CROWN OF THORNS’

According to Vogue, Kendrick Lamar’s diamond-encrusted crown was a collaboration between jeweller Tiffany & Co and Lamar’s longtime collaborator Dave Free who explained that the crown is a “godly representation of hood philosophies” told from a youthful lens. 

Tiffany & Co says the crown is used as a metaphor for artistic prowess, humility and perseverance and to Lamar, it serves as a “nod of respect” to the artists who have been in the industry before him. 

The crown was designed over 10 months and includes 50 thorns and 8 000 cobblestone micro pavé diamonds. It took the manpower of four craftsmen who took 1 300 hours to create the one-of-a-kind piece. 

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WORKING WITH KENDRICK LAMAR 

Tiffany & Co’s executive vice president, Alexandre Arnault said the brand was ‘proud’ to work with Kendrick Lamar. 

“Kendrick Lamar represents the artistry, risk-taking creativity and relentless innovation that has also defined Tiffany & Co for nearly two centuries,” said Arnault.