Here's a shot that's dripping with attitude, and four men you probably wouldn't want to rub the wrong way on a dark night. Or ever. It's rappers Saafir, Craig Mack, The D.O.C. and Notorious B.I.G, taking a photo call after performing together at Chicago's Riviera Theatre in 1994. Looking at the style of the men, it could have been taken yesterday; all four of them played a part in laying down a template still followed by aspiring rappers to this day.
Saafir and The D.O.C. are happily still with us and still involved to an extent with music to this day, but Mack sadly passed away of heart failure a few years ago. As for Biggie - even over twenty years later we daren't speculate about the circumstances of his death, and any relation there may be to the case of Tupac Shakur. Decades after they died, that's a debate that's still ongoing with no signs of stopping.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.