In 2007, he was featured on Nelly’s certified Platinum Grammy nominated hit “Grillz.” The song is about grillz (obviously) and about just how lively they’ll cause your social life, persona, and mouth to become. Even years before he went into business with Johnny Dang, he was personally invested through his company Grillz by Paul Wall. Though he obviously achieved his fame and critical acclaim though his music, he is now arguably better known as a celebrity personality and entrepreneur. Though he began as a mass communications major (with a concentration in music) at the University of Houston, he eventually branched out into a new realm, and it wasn’t long after that Paul Slayton (aka “Paul Wall”) would become something akin to a household name. Paul Wall: Success From Humble Beginnings
The man attributed to the most recent, long-lasting, and culture-impacting rise of this phenomenon is the legendary Southern rap icon, multi-platinum musician, and entrepreneur- Paul Wall.
Tyga, La Flame, even Kanye West has been spotted wearing a grill once or twice. Although artists like Kool G Rap and Method Man had worn grillz in the past, new Southern acts brought them to the forefront of hip hop like never before.
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Their popularity would rise and fall, but they eventually came back in full force with the emergence of Southern hip hop influence on American rap. As early as the 1980s, rappers in New York and other parts of the Northeast started bringing grillz to the forefront of the aesthetic culture that came with hip hop.