Dec13

my nephew turns 1 and we Watch The Throne…

December 13, 2011 ⋅ by Ben Baller ⋅ 18 comments

for real though
I can’t believe it’s been a year already!
I mean, next weekend is christmas! DAMN!
I AIN’T EVEN STARTED ANY SHOPPING!

but you wanna know what I did start?


A WHOLE LOTTA SHIT!
haha!
I have never got this many emails or texts about a single custom piece since we were making things for Jonas…. almost a year ago it was the Koi fish piece, this time it’s Pusha T’s Keys…. so we’re going to continue on with his next piece which is the “Jack” logo from his brand Play Cloths

that’s not even the complete wax either….. trust me this shit is gonna go hard body!

so it was a rest and relax and work weekend. more jesus pieces, more orders and no going out anywhere….

my boy D Crooks caught the Baby Jesus fever early….. first the black gold with white VS’s and now he’s on that yellow gold to go with his gold roley

shit actually looks dope together

and speaking of that Koi fish….

that shit is crazy….. speaking of custom pieces,
TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY WE CAN MAKE A CUSTOM PIECE IN TIME FOR X-MAS!
so put your order in NOW!
I am ending this Jesus piece and store inventory sale next week on friday because I leave town to the Bay to spend time with my fam….. so get it in now for real or go back to the normal prices…. (next sale is Valentines Day)

back to Jesus again…..

the young Homey Bieber rocking the Full Size Jesus Piece

on Saturday it was my nephews birthday and he got his swag on EARLY!


my nephew was draped in Gucci from head to toe, from the Gucci 3 piece suit to the custom made gold and diamond GG gucci belt we made him! oh and the blue gucci loafers he had on too ;) haha




my cousin is seriously one of the best dudes I know… so happy for him and his beautiful family. I swear to god, even though he’s younger, his steps have been wiser than mine without all the mistakes I made. this life I live currently couldn’t have happened without him.

that cake was fucking delicious too! chocolate with white frosting. YEAHHHH BUDDY


Levi’s dad and his 2 scumbag uncles!

my uncle was there chillin…. he was the man responsible for all this IF shit. for real though, without him laying the blueprint down, we’d be maybe owning a liquor store somewhere in the hood… NNOTT! (borat voice)

now I’ve seen vintage rings before, but if this ain’t clowning?????
6 individual 1 carat solitaire studs! haha! I think it was set in platinum too!
my uncle is a boss with a capital G!

after all the food and cake, there was a contest with 3 or 4 prizes….. and I never win shit, but I just had a feeling

Lucky #22
and yup…..


came up! on gift cards to my favorite store! haha
yeeeee!!!

then there was a magician who did a bubble show
but what killed me is my nephew came out in his 4th outfit change….


and then he killed the game with the adidas track suit! and his first gold chain with a gold diamond charm

good times with family
went home and me and nic passed out! I took some allergy medicine and that shit ruins me every time I take it. I’m just done for a good 16 hours after.

Sunday,
I woke up too early and real sluggish to head over to make some grills for my boy DJ MANO and Kanye crew…. talked to my boy Mike Dean who I ain’t seen in 13 years! took care of some work at my store and then I watched my bum ass raiders get the dog shit kicked out of them and I couldn’t really say shit to my lil homies Ryan Grant and Charles Woodson because they’re doing what any NFL player would do….. this time I couldn’t watch to the finish, I had to turn that shit off and hit Target up

then it was time to WATCH THE THRONE!


thank you Kanye and thank you DJ MOTHERFUCKING MILLIONAIRE MANO!
tickets, guest passes and All Access!

thank you for the VIP tunnel entrance parking too…. “who’s list are you on?” “I’m on Kanye West’s list” “oh… yes you are, drive down please” :)

walked into the dressing room and chilled out with the fam and they were blowing on some real legit OG kush and we had catering, Veuve and all types of refreshments? we were G.O.O.D.

Nic rocking Mano’s very ultra super rare Chanel frames and then IBN’s jewelry set up

it was time to walk to the stage and we sat right in front of the stage where the family and friend of jay and ye sat…. it was like a re-union…. shout out to my peeps, Kdia, Ricky, John Monopoly, Don C, Jermaine Dupri, Brian P, Hit Boy, Lake Bell, Pharrell, Nas, Anthony Mandler, Nick Hogan, Jay Brown, Tah Tah, Hollywood Holt, my diamond life fam, my platinum motorsport fam and Lupe Fiasco….

right from Jump Nas showed me mad love and we chopped it up throughout the night, he wants to get some more jewels done, so maybe next year you’ll see a new piece….. I got love from Pharrell and we talked briefly about Pusha’s new Keys and then his VVS1 cuban link hurt my eyes…. so I walked away

it was show time

now honestly, one thing that was dope off top, no openers, right into it and fuck the world…..






but
no cameos when they easily for at least LA, NYC and Chicago shoulda had cameos
and they could have cut out a lot of the bullshit promo shit to push the WTT album but of course they had to…. and another things, mad hits or not, god damn the show was 2 hours and 30 minutes long and I’ve seen both of these guys so many times… I been on tour with jay before, so I don’t know… I think I’m just old and boring now. I was not necessarily forced into going, I had to support my boy Mano, but I had to force Nic to go, I had 2 really great tickets, but twitter didnt work inside with shitty ass ATT, so I didn’t even use my 2 extra tickets that were 6th row from the front stage, I’m talking $1,000 tickets smh


they finished the show with Ni**as in Paris and they performed it 12 times. I knew it was gonna be over 5 because it was LA and the homey Hit Boy was there (mad love, that was dope that yeezy shouted you out crazy)
after the 4th time I wanted to kill myself, like I said, if they did this and cut out like 30 minutes or more of the show? it woulda been all good…. but man I was tired as hell.
we dapped up everyone and did the 57 fake outside the tunnel

woke up with stupid work and stupid deliveries and the shit is carrying over to today, so I had to partially write this blog late last night and finish it this morning smh

back to work

mad love to everyone who really actually reads what my ass does on these boring ass weekends.

peace

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COMMENTS (18)

  • VicDecember 13, 2011 11:02 am

    Boring ass weekend?????? I would take any of your boring ass weekends over any of mine without hesitation. Your blessed, stay up and do what you do fam.

  • MonicaDecember 13, 2011 11:29 am

    Dope!! thanks for sharing I was looking forward to this blog. My hubby surprised me yesterday with tickets to tonight’s show and after reading your blog and seeing the pictures I’m beyond excited for tonight!! Thanks again!!

  • big EDecember 13, 2011 12:14 pm

    bring or not i click your site at least twice a day to see whats new or what advice you have i can learn from. Other times i get on to show friends your jewelry work etc so they know where to go first “GORDO” hahahahahaha

  • big EDecember 13, 2011 12:14 pm

    *boring

  • Paul JDecember 13, 2011 1:51 pm

    Happy Bday to yo nephew…caught the concert in Dallas last week. They played nigga’s in paris 5 times…and that was 3 too many times lol…can’t imagine 12..real sick concert though..

  • 206December 13, 2011 2:08 pm

    Ben is that gold jesus piece micro size ?

  • adamDecember 13, 2011 2:52 pm

    i always read this shit its like my LA times! good shit..

  • Mike DukesDecember 13, 2011 4:59 pm

    I had a double decker limo bus and wayne huizenga’s personal suite/butlers at the Bank Atlantic Center.. we popped 16 bottles and shitted on everyone, Bosh had the box next to me.

    WTT was redic, it was special and more like the biggest party ive ever been to instead of feeling like a traditional concert.

    I went so fcuking cold cuts that night that I swear to god I didnt listen to rap or hip hop again until PushaT at revolution for another 3 bottles with my man Brandon Marshall, I didnt even stay for Wale… 90210 and Lotus than I booked it.

    I like Childish Gambino though and I think you should make a Camp logo for Donald. That ‘Trouble on my mind’ is just retarded, I feel like you facilitated that relationship for the song and video, but who knows.

    I was with Irie at Liv Sunlife Stadium/Sideline Dolphin Game this past sunday.. We always bring up your name, he said you guys spoke a few weeks back and I also said what I said about Tyler and Pusha in the sentence above. We took a pic together and I called it a weekend.

    I Miss LA!

    Love from Miami.

    -Dukes

  • robertoDecember 13, 2011 5:27 pm

    wow i would give anything to meet kanye,i’m his biggest fan. saw wtt in detroit it was nuts they played niggas in paris 7 times. that jesus and roc piece is sweet ass. ifand co will be doping my jesus piece very soon.

  • David K.December 13, 2011 5:55 pm

    3 shipshekkis! Nice. LoL
    I was at the concert too! Sick show!

  • LOLDecember 13, 2011 8:46 pm

    That yellow gold Jesus piece is soooo clean.

  • shslDecember 14, 2011 12:39 am

    FUCK ALL! No matter what nobody say ur shit is pure n from the heart, keep doing u. N love, the love ones. Real is real.

  • MelanieDecember 14, 2011 3:08 am

    Love that chain you’re wearing Ben.

  • LeeDecember 14, 2011 9:47 am

    Ben Baller, have you accepted Jesus in your life?

  • LDN_INKDecember 14, 2011 2:15 pm

    We’re gonna skate to 12 songs and 12 songs only!…

  • HeywoodDecember 14, 2011 5:15 pm

    Hittn the show in Van City this weekend. I agree you gotta have @ least one cameo in the LA

  • CrazyMTFDecember 15, 2011 12:52 am

    I heard there was hella motherfucking celeb there did you catch Liz or the Kardashins for a minute?

    PS: Can’t wait for Nas or Pusha T’s albums.

  • SusyDecember 15, 2011 8:16 am

    Ben!!!! Read your blog religiously and wanted to say thank you! Have a small gave to ask, my friend was recently in a devastating fire in SF and is currently in the hospital with serious injuries :( . A fundraiser is being put together in his behalf, including the link so you can see. I am donating a basket for the auction and included Estevan Oriol’s LA Woman book, thanks to you blogging about it!!!! If you feel so inclined to donate to the website, we would greatly appreciate it since Rob is also an LA native. Thanks again for blogging about the amazing book!!!!

    http://www.robstrawder.org

    Much love and respect,
    Susy

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