RAPPERS have shown off unique implants in recent years, from gold chains to a $24million diamond implanted in Lil Uzi Vert's forehead.
The new way of showing off bling has come as a shock to some fans as the artists aim to gain notoriety with their first-of-a-kind surgical implants.
The entertainers shared the reasoning behind their decisions to get the jewel implants as some rappers have decided to ditch their grills.
LIL UZI VERT'S IMPLANT
The pink diamond that rapper Lil Uzi Vert had implanted in his forehead is one of the more expensive investments reported on as of late.
The artist from Philadelphia, whose real name is Symere Woods, revealed the stone to his fans on social media in February 2021.
A caption to the clip read: "Beauty is pain."
The rapper said the diamond is between 10 and 11 karats and came from jewelry designer Elliot Eliantte.
Some fans were shocked by a now-deleted tweet that showed Lil Uzi with what appeared to be blood running from beneath the diamond and down his nose.
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A caption read: “If I don’t get it took out the right way, I could die 😂 ....."
Lil Uzi later posted another clip showing himself without the blood, and with the diamond still in his head.
"Ok we good," he wrote.
In response to critical Twitter comments urging him to "take it out please" and "stop lying… and get it out of your head now," he replied: "THIS IS FASHION."
He later added a bar and chain that connects the jewelry on his face, hip hop magazine XXL reported.
SAUCE WALKA'S DIAMOND
Texas rapper Sauce Walka also had a diamond implanted in his face.
He revealed the $250,000 piece of bling in December 2020, entertainment news site The Shade Room reported.
Video showed an enthusiastic Sauce Walka explaining his reasoning behind getting the tear-shaped, rose gold diamond implant.
“I just put all my tears, and all my years and all my pain and fears, in my muthaf***ing eye for the last time and I’ll never cry again,” Sauce said.
Houston jeweler Johnny Dang was said to have sold him the diamond, which Sauce Walka said was 3 karat in 18 karat gold.
He claimed his implant inspired Lil Uzi Vert to don one as well, but Lil Uzi credited The Pack’s Lil B — the BasedGod for the inspiration.
DAN SUR'S GOLD CHAINS
Rapper Dan Sur bragged in September 2021 about being the first rapper known to mint his hair with surgically implanted gold chains.
The 23-year-old reggaeton artist from Mexico flaunted golden and jeweled locks that replaced his natural brown hair.
He explained that the chains dangling over his face like a shiny lampshade matched his diamond encrusted grill and cost a pretty penny.
“I have it as a hook that is implanted in my head and that hook has hooks and they are all hooked in my skull, under my skin,” he said in a TikTok video.
Sur said that the move to shed his hair for a blinged out bowl hairstyle was to create “something different.”
“The first rapper to have gold hair implanted in human history,” he said.
DIAMOND GRILL REMOVED
As some rappers spend small fortunes implanting jewels in their faces, YFN Lucci shocked some fans by revealing what was under his permanent grill.
The Atlanta rapper documented the removal of his diamond tooth coverings on Instagram in May of 2020.
Video showed a dentist yanking the jewelry out tooth by tooth, revealing YFN Lucci's real teeth shaven down.
His dentist told HipHopDX that the grills were removed to clean his teeth and polish the diamonds and gold.
They were put back in afterward, the dentist said.
Other rappers, including Plies and Lil Yachty, opted to have their grills removed in recent years, Hot New Hip Hop reported.
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Yachty told his social media followers that a new set of veneers he is now rocking cost $80,000.
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