Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has been receiving a lot of praise as of late for both his looks and his talent amidst the 2012 London Games. However, other than the prestigious gold medal he's attained, it is the diamond crusted bling in his mouth that have many fascinated.

Surprisingly, American rapper Paul Wall is actually the mastermind behind Lochte's fancy USA mouth piece.

"Me and TV Johnny did a grill for him before that he wore at the podium last year," Wall said, according to Rap Fix.

"If you Google Ryan Lochte, Google will finish your search entry with 'grill.' There was already pictures of him on the Internet with the other grill we made for him, so we didn't think the American flag grill was going to be as big of a deal as it is," the rapper continued.

"But I guess since he beat out Michael Phelps in such tremendous fashion and add to that the fact that it's the Olympics and it was an American flag, it added to all the hype around it. But it's exciting. Ryan represents a part of American culture. He represents anybody who has ever worn a grill or is a fan of hip-hop. It was a tremendous honor for us to make his grill. It just makes us feel like we're a part of team USA," Wall said.

Athough Lochte was not allowed to sport the blinged out grill during the medal ceremony, he did hastily pop it in for his trademark gold medal bite down while posing for pictures.

"For those who don't know what a grill is, it's basically a retainer filled with diamonds," Lochte told his fans via a YouTube video in 2011.

"I wear it when I go on the podium. It's just a unique way of showing personality out to everyone," the US swimmer finished.

Unique indeed!

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