# What is or are Cuban links or linx? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934 "2001-04-05T15:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/1 "2001-04-05T15:54:06Z")
A friend of mine asked me the other day what the expression “Cuban links (or linx)” means. I guess he keeps hearing it in rap and hiphop lyrics. We both poked around the Internet, and found a guy named Cuban Link, but we think it has some other meaning. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/2 "2001-04-06T13:16:27Z")
Nobody has any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/3 "2001-04-06T13:25:06Z")
Maybe if you could provide an example in context, even if you’re not sure of the spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/4 "2001-04-06T14:25:09Z")
There was apparently an album put out by Raekwon entitled, “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.” I was wondering if maybe it had something to do with those thick gold chains they wear, or possibly even blunts. No idea, really. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/5 "2001-04-06T17:36:37Z")
A Google search turned up a few hits. Fifteen (!?) were simply mirror sites for the same shopping page. There, under the category “Men’s Necklaces” I found three subcategories: Herringone, Cuban Link, and Two Tone. Wading through two more pages of Google results, I found two more references to Cuban Links–each an on-line shopping reference (different than the first 15) advertising a variety of necklace. Most of the sites had expired and I had to go in through Google’s cached links, so I don’t know what you’ll find, now. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/6 "2001-04-06T18:11:22Z")
Thanks, **tomndebb**. I did the same kind of searches on Google and Metacrawler before I posted the question here and got the same kind of responses. I can’t help but think, though, that there’s some other meaning to it. Maybe not, though. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-or-are-cuban-links-or-linx/60934/7 "2001-04-06T18:26:42Z")
I owned the Raekwon album and AFAIK there was no explanation for “cuban links”. I know it’s a type of gold chain and thought in that case it might be a fancified way of saying “Cubans”.