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CTL-W-0361 · Work · 2000s

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Combined Graph record U-00762 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0361. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

NewMouth (dental-health editorial), 'Dental Grills on Teeth' (fetched in full): 'Grills or "fronts" are a form of dental jewelry, often made from gold, silver, or platinum. In many cases, they're inlaid with diamonds or other gemstones'; 'Modern grills... emerged from the gold teeth that became fashionable in the early hip-hop scene in New York City. Rappers from the NYC area, like Slick Rick and Flavor Flav, sported gold crowns in the 1980s and 1990s'; 'Later in the 1990s, jewelry designer Johnny Dang and rapper Paul Wall, both based in Houston, began to commission grills'; 'Grills had become more widely known by the mid-2000s, partly thanks to rapper Nelly's 2005 single "Grillz" (which featured Wall).'

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• Also known as: grillz
• Work type: phrase

Sources

• https://www.newmouth.com/oral-health/dental-grills/ (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

NewMouth (dental-health editorial), 'Dental Grills on Teeth' (fetched in full): 'Grills or "fronts" are a form of dental jewelry, often made from gold, silver, or platinum. In many cases, they're inlaid with diamonds or other gemstones'; 'Modern grills... emerged from the gold teeth that became fashionable in the early hip-hop scene in New York City. Rappers from the NYC area, like Slick Rick and Flavor Flav, sported gold crowns in the 1980s and 1990s'; 'Later in the 1990s, jewelry designer Johnny Dang and rapper Paul Wall, both based in Houston, began to commission grills'; 'Grills had become more widely known by the mid-2000s, partly thanks to rapper Nelly's 2005 single "Grillz" (which featured Wall).'

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