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YouTube Originals’ new four-part docuseries Ice Cold, which premieres today, uses the prism of hip-hop jewelry to explore deeper issues around racial inequality and the American Dream — but it didn’t exactly start out that way. Director Karam Gill tells ABC Audio that the initial idea behind the project was to use jewelry as an entry point to explore hip-hop.
“Hip-hop has been explored through fashion, it’s been explored through so many different avenues but not specifically jewelry,” the LA-based filmmaker shares. “The project ended up where it’s at right now just over the course of time. That story became less about just flash and