CULTURETECHLENSbling bling
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Combined Graph record U-00706 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0305. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Honolulu Advertiser (Los Angeles Times wire, Jul 16, 2003; fetched in full): 'bling-bling' 'usually refers to diamonds or other flashy jewelry that clinks together,' said Jesse Sheidlower, principal North American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, which was drafting an entry; 'The term first caught on in hip-hop circles in 1999 after rapper B.G.'s song "Bling-Bling" was released'; B.G.: 'Me and (producer) Mannie Fresh came up with it' in the late '90s while working for the New Orleans-based Cash Money Records label; Sheidlower noted OED preliminary research shows the term had been used in the New Orleans rap scene before B.G.'s song.
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Honolulu Advertiser (Los Angeles Times wire, Jul 16, 2003; fetched in full): 'bling-bling' 'usually refers to diamonds or other flashy jewelry that clinks together,' said Jesse Sheidlower, principal North American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, which was drafting an entry; 'The term first caught on in hip-hop circles in 1999 after rapper B.G.'s song "Bling-Bling" was released'; B.G.: 'Me and (producer) Mannie Fresh came up with it' in the late '90s while working for the New Orleans-based Cash Money
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- http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Jul/16/il/il02a.html (verification source · master store)
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Honolulu Advertiser (Los Angeles Times wire, Jul 16, 2003; fetched in full): 'bling-bling' 'usually refers to diamonds or other flashy jewelry that clinks together,' said Jesse Sheidlower, principal North American editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, which was drafting an entry; 'The term first caught on in hip-hop circles in 1999 after rapper B.G.'s song "Bling-Bling" was released'; B.G.: 'Me and (producer) Mannie Fresh came up with it' in the late '90s while working for the New Orleans-based Cash Money Records label; Sheidlower noted OED preliminary research shows the term had been used in the New Orleans rap scene before B.G.'s song.
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