Gold Tooth Grill
Jewelry - Hip Hop Jewelry and Bling
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Down South, gold teeth were always a symbol
of poverty, says hip hop star Paul Wall. "But the hustlers, gangsters or
drug dealers made them a symbol of respect. Gold tooth grills are a type
of hip hop jewelry. They cover the upper and lower front teeth and, like
custom jewelry, are made of yellow gold, white gold, silver or platinum.
Some gold tooth grills have bling such as
diamonds in them.
Tooth grills are becoming popular among the hip hop and rap artists and their fans. Rappers like Master P, Snoop Dogg and Nelly spend thousands of dollars for their gold teeth jewels. Today, gold tooth grills are a multimillion-dollar business. Many businesses create custom tooth grills. You can buy them at storefront hip hop jewelry shops, the Internet jewelry stores and a small number of dentists. Gold tooth grills will cost you from $20 per tooth on up to thousands depending on the gold, diamonds or other metal used. Platinum is the most expensive. The most expensive tooth grill cost $50,000 for a full grill with 30 carats of diamonds, custom made by a jeweler. You can take your own mold with a custom mold kit, a dentist is trained to make perfect mouth molds. This cost more but is a better fit. The better the mold, the better your fronts will fit. If you decide to have a dentist take your mold, contact the jewelry store making your gold and they will discount your order. Gold tooth grills are fun, and a great way to show your hip hop fashion sense.
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Tooth Grill Bling Gallery Contact us to add your hip hop photos here News articles on Hip Hop Fashion and Tooth Grills Gold "rope" necklaces and "iced out" wristwatches covered in precious stones have become standard issue with hip hop artists. Over the years, rap sensations similar to Nelly's "Grillz" have been devoted to sky pagers, Adidas sneakers, chrome hubcaps and the diamond affluence of bling-bling. As it turns out, most of the high dollar hip hop fashion stars goth their million-dollar smiles at a small shop in Houston's Sharpstown Mall that's owned by Paul Wall. The rapper, with the #1 album features a cover image of Wall's gold tooth grill. He made custom mouthpieces for Kanye West, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, Omarion and Bow Wow, among other hip-hop stars. People originally thought it was a ghetto
kind of style, said John Hallett, office manager
of a jewelry store in Las Vegas that sells an average of five to 10 gold
tooth grills a day. But now a lot of white people from L.A. come down to
buy them. Punk rockers and alternative people with alot of jewelry, tattoos and piercings. - LA
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