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One of the great things about R. Kelly’s headlining set at the Pitchfork Music Festival was his awesome, diamond-studded microphone that shined with the light of truth throughout the entire crowd. We did some research, and this is a model of microphone called the Million Dollar Mic. It’s made by a watch company called Giantto and is made out of white gold with 650 karats’ worth of diamonds set into it. The first person to use one of these bad boys was Toni Braxton, and it’s also been used by Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Chris Brown. It literally costs a million dollars, so you cannot afford it. Sorry.
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