i wanna fucking know how they come up with their names.

only one i kno is 50 cent. i think hear that at one point he was completely broke except that he had 50 cents in his pocket. idk how right that is.... but thats what i heard.

probably from nick names

I know Snoop Dogg got his because his mum used to say he looked like Snoopy from Charlie Brown.

I dunno sometimes I thing niggas smoked a lot of blunts... Ghostface got his shit from a kung fu flick... Method man is another name for an assassin... David Banner is from the Incredible Hulk...

Rick Ross got his name from the REAL Rick Ross, who is actually a drug kingpin that was actually moving real bricks of coke thats locked up right now.....Hence the reason his lyrics are about cocaine......

Joe Budden is a shortened name for Joseph Budden (his real name)

DMX is an abbrieviation of 'Dark Man X'

And Three 6 Mafia is an shortened way to say 666 or Triple 6 Mafia

.......

Three 6 Mafia...

started with 3 (J, Paul, Infamous)... expanded to 6... get it???

Cam'ron cos his name is Cameron..and Cameron is a gay name for an MC

Three 6 Mafia...

started with 3 (J, Paul, Infamous)... expanded to 6... get it???

Yeah they tried to down play the occult references but as T6M fans, we know better..

Fits, cause Cam'ron is a gay mc...

Yeah they tried to down play the occult references but as T6M fans, we know better..

an the FOLKS references... but thats another subject...




"pull my pitchfork out the fire stick it through your chest"

((I probably oughta be not be so horribly slaughtering the body, I am so naughty because I am moderately in to photography, Following through the autopsy)) - Scarecrow

Rick Ross got his name from the REAL Rick Ross, who is actually a drug kingpin that was actually moving real bricks of coke thats locked up right now.....Hence the reason his lyrics are about cocaine......


Freeway also got his name from Rick Ross because Ross was known as Freeway

Apparently ladies love cool james, =LL Cool J
KRS - One, Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone

Freeway also got his name from Rick Ross because Ross was known as Freeway

Tru, tru.....Forgot to mention that

What are some others........

C-Bo's name is actually short for Cow Boy

Too Short........Well......the dude is short lol

DJ Quik used to be known as DJ Quick, with a C in it, but changed his name to Quik, because ppl thought 'C' in his name meant 'Crip Killer' followed with the K.....

8Ball and MJG got their names like this....8Ball is a slang for coke, and I guess he used it in referance to his size.....MJG is short for Marlon Jermaine Goodwin which is his real name

UGK means Underground Kingz

Tragedy Khadafi....well the Khadafi part was taken from some Egyption dictator, I think.....Not 100% sure tho.....

Tragedy Khadafi....well the Khadafi part was taken from some Egyption dictator, I think.....Not 100% sure tho.....






lol you're thinkin of al-Gaddafi who is Libyan, not Egyptian..

Eminem - Marshall Mathers
Young Buck - He was a young nigga in the streets
Crooked I - From the liquor logo
Prodigy - He said he just like how it sounded.

i wanna fucking know how they come up with their names.

only one i kno is 50 cent. i think hear that at one point he was completely broke except that he had 50 cents in his pocket. idk how right that is.... but thats what i heard.


In reality, 50 stole his name from a Brooklyn Gangsta who used to rob drug dealers. The real 50 Cent got shot and killed, then 50 stole the name......

idk if this was posted yet i didnt read but eminem got his from his name
marshall mathers were both Ms so he made it eminem
kind of like M&M lol

^^^^you should know you groupie


GZA and RZA were actually Genius and Rakim or Raheem or something, I forget. And they got the jizza and rizza sound because that's what their names sound like when scratched on a turntable.

Nas is short for Nasir Jones, right?

Tech n9ne I'm guessing is inspired by the gun, the Tech Nine.

Obie trice is his real name, no gimmicks.

One that's always gotten me is, wtf is C Rayz Walz?

GZA- God Zig Zag Zig Allah
RZA- Ruler Zig Zag Zig Allah...

they members of the Nation of Gods and Earths... hence Meths other alias... MZA... Master Zig Zag Zig Allah...

(btw... Zig Zag Zig stands for lightning bolts)

^^^^you should know you groupie


GZA and RZA were actually Genius and Rakim or Raheem or something, I forget. And they got the jizza and rizza sound because that's what their names sound like when scratched on a turntable.

Nas is short for Nasir Jones, right?

Tech n9ne I'm guessing is inspired by the gun, the Tech Nine.

Obie trice is his real name, no gimmicks.

One that's always gotten me is, wtf is C Rayz Walz?

wow obie trice is his real name? that a sweet name
and idk about C Rayz Walz I only heard a few songs from him but i love the song camouflage

Yes 50 Cent got his name from a New Hustler like dude said

Lil Wayne his real name is Dewayne

Royce 5'9/ 5'9 is his height

Lupe Fiasco, his nick name was Fiasco and then he took Lupe from one of his buddies from School

Rick Ross and Freeway got there names from the Drug Trafficer Ricky Ross and his nick name was Freeway cuss he moved fast

um......

every knows this but 2pac, Tupac yea whatever

Young Jeezy Real name Jay Jenkins

Slim Thug, he was tall and skinny in high school and his Reputation was that he was a Gangsta

Pimp C Real Name Chad Butler
Bun B Real name Benard Freeman

Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin

Young Buck was known in his hood as a hustla so a O.G gave him the name

thats it for now.

KRS - One, Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone

that's a backronym though, he had the name first. Forgot how he got his name though, something like he performed with some group and they gave it to him

Jay-Z is pretty much Jaz-O w/o the O... i always assumed
C-Murder... wordplay if you will, real name Corey Miller... and he See(n) Murder
Dr. Dre... real name Andre
Common... use to be Common Sense... and that pretty much sums up that name
T.I.... uh, i heard that TIP was the name of his old record lable which was under the same lable as Q-TIP at the time... maybe caused conflict and he just changed it to TI and TIP as his alter ego? i dunno... that's just what i heard

Jay-Z is pretty much Jaz-O w/o the O... i always assumed
C-Murder... wordplay if you will, real name Corey Miller... and he See(n) Murder
Dr. Dre... real name Andre
Common... use to be Common Sense... and that pretty much sums up that name
T.I.... uh, i heard that TIP was the name of his old record lable which was under the same lable as Q-TIP at the time... maybe caused conflict and he just changed it to TI and TIP as his alter ego? i dunno... that's just what i heard
Yea TIP is his nick name his goverment born name was Clifford.

I think AZ jus got his name from Harlem's drug kingpin AZIE

Ice Cube i dunno yall can clear that up for me

Q-Tip...i dunno either (maybe cuz his hair is nappy and resembles a qtip...i dunno lol)

Ice Cube i dunno yall can clear that up for me

He Used to Eat Ice Cube's alot then spit em out at Neighbors he didn't like. Idk lol

GZA- God Zig Zag Zig Allah
RZA- Ruler Zig Zag Zig Allah...

they members of the Nation of Gods and Earths... hence Meths other alias... MZA... Master Zig Zag Zig Allah...

(btw... Zig Zag Zig stands for lightning bolts)



Wtf? Where'd you hear that? All the sources I've read say GZA and RZA are Genius and Rakeem scratched...



Jadakiss is another one I'm interested in knowing the origin of, same with Murs

Wtf? Where'd you hear that? All the sources I've read say GZA and RZA are Genius and Rakeem scratched...



Jadakiss is another one I'm interested in knowing the origin of, same with Murs

MURS means Making Underground Raw Shit.

Interesting stuff. Didn't know most of this shit.

MURS means Making Underground Raw Shit.


Lol that makes his name sound so lame. I mean Murs had a nice ring to it, but now that I know it stands for it's pretty dumb. It seems like he thought of the name first, then made a semi-appropriate acronym for it.


Pharoah Monch, Vakill, X144, and Vast Aire also have me stumped

Pharoahe Monch - When Pharoahe was a kid, girls used to say he liked like the Monch-chi-chi monkey dolls. At the time he was heavily into Egyptian shit, so he put two and two together. The extra "e" on the end of Pharoahe comes from deep affiliation with the number 13 (adding "e" on the end made Pharoahe Monch 13 letters).

Aesop Rock - When Aesop was younger, he was in a movie made by his friend and his characters name was Aesop. He started using it when doing random open mics, and since the character of Aesop fitted his rhyming style he kept it. The "Rock" came from lines he used to say when he freestyled (ex. "...The name's Aesop, I rock mics..."). He also said he also added the "Rock" to make it stand out from other emcees named Aesop.

Pharoah Monch, Vakill, X144, and Vast Aire also have me stumped

Pharoahe Monch's name is derived from the monkey dolls, Monchhichis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monchhichis). After receiving a bad haircut, which left Monch looking like a "chimpanzee", girls in Monch's high school class began calling him "Monchhichi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monchhichis)", which was later shortened to "Monch". Monch adopted the "Pharoahe" prefix after meeting future Organized Konfusion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_Konfusion) partner Prince Po.




When asked about the meaning of his name, Vast Aire explained: "I guess it means mad styles. I think it means a lot of attitude. Vast Aire. I have a very wordy type of style. Vast was given to me by a friend of mine I went to school with and the Aire pretty much came from me being a junior. My name is Theodore Arrington II. I used to spell it proper. H-E-I-R. But, in the past couple of years, I switched it to A-I-R-E.according to wikipedia.

^^^^Props, you and atome repped


So I guess C Rayz Walz remains a mystery? I have a feeling he just made a really random name so it would be hard to make a name-flip against him, back in his battling days. I remember he had a line on Chorus Rhyme something along the lines of

"If you're in a battle with C Rayz Walz, first thing you think of? C Rayz Walz"

But I may have misinterpreted that line or it could've just been a joke or afterthought

Apparently ladies love cool james, =LL Cool J
KRS - One, Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone

That's a backronym, it was actually his graffiti tag for Chris something.

A lot of stupid comments in this thread (Eric B. got his name because his name is Eric Barrier. Really? NO FUCKING SHIT.) , but I guess I'll contribute...

Redman got his name because when he was younger, he would never go anywhere without wearing his favorite red hat.

Slug - Everyone says it stands for Sean Loves Ugly Girls, but he says its not true and is just a random name he picked up.

Jody Breeze stole his name from the main character in Baby Boy (played by Tyrese)

The Game was a nickname his grandma gave him at a young age

Jean Grae is a character from the X-Men

GP Wu stands for Gladiator Posse

Twista is short for his original name Tung Twista, b/c of how fast he spit

M.O.P. stands for Mash Out Posse

The Lox is short for The Warlox

etc.

Lupe Fiasco, his nick name was Fiasco and then he took Lupe from one of his buddies from School


I heard he got the "Lu" from the last part of his first name, Wasalu. He took the rest of the name, Lupe, from a high school friend. On wikipedia it says that he added the "Fiasco" cause he liked how it looked on paper...

Pastor Troy is a reference to his father's occupation as a Pastor, and Troy is his last name....

E-40 means 'E' as in Earl (His 1st name) and 40 meaning 40 ounce bottle

Ja Rule is an acronymn for 'Jeffery Atkins Represents Unconditional Love Existance'

Ja Rule is an acronymn for 'Jeffery Atkins Represents Unconditional Love Existance'




See shit like that is corny as fuck, what does that even mean? It's nonsense..

More probable is that he got it from the BDP track called "Ja Rule".

See shit like that is corny as fuck, what does that even mean? It's nonsense..

More probable is that he got it from the BDP track called "Ja Rule".
That's what I was thinkin
When we hear that name that fiiiiiire buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurns!

Well he raps about "MY DOWN ASS BITCH" anyway lol....So hey, why not

Wtf? Where'd you hear that? All the sources I've read say GZA and RZA are Genius and Rakeem scratched...



Jadakiss is another one I'm interested in knowing the origin of, same with Murs

sorry... late responding just got of work... to answer...

lettermeaninglettermeaninglettermeaninglettermeani nglettermeaningAAllahFFatherKKing or KingdomPPowerUYou or UniverseBBe or BornGGodLLove Hell or Live Right (correctly)QQueenVVictoryCCee or SeeHHim or HerMMasterRRuler or ruleWWisdomDDivineII or IslamNNow-End NationSSelf, SaviorXThe UnknownEEqualityJJusticeOCipherTTruth or SquareYWhyZZig-Zag-Zig
peace to the Gods... always wanted an excuse to say that...

damn that copied wrong... but hopefully you get the point... its the Supreme Alphabet of the Nation of Gods and Earths...

Ja Rule is an acronymn for 'Jeffery Atkins Represents Unconditional Love Existance'




i always knew the jeffery atkins part... didnt know the rest of it... i always thought it had a double meaning of Ja/initials and Ja(h)/God... as in Gods Rule... that's what i assumed when he came out w/ Rule 3:36... nobody really told me that tho

I always thought it meant Ja as in how a Jamaican would say you.

N.O.R.E. stands for 'Niggaz On The Run Eating'

Mase stands for Many Angels Shoot Elephants
Nas stands for Never Ate Spam
AZ stands for Anorexic Zebra.....

I always thought it meant Ja as in how a Jamaican would say you.

Jah is Patios for Jehova/God. Jamaicans just say "ya" for you.


Errrm Klashnekoff is Klashnekoff because he can't spell Kalashnikov.

Messy Marv's name was jacked from Messy Marvin

N.O.R.E. stands for 'Niggaz On The Run Eating'




Well obviously that wasn't where he gets his name from. He was Noreaga before he was N.O.R.E.

I know they use Jah as god.

But there's a few Jamaicans that also say Ja for you.

My dealer's mate says it all the time.

"Ja like de weed?"

"Ja been doing much?"

"Ja got a rizzla?"

Well obviously that wasn't where he gets his name from. He was Noreaga before he was N.O.R.E.

Ummm I think I alredy knew that, homie?????

Ummm I think I alredy knew that, homie?????

My bad i just clicked on the last page. I thought you was answering "How do artists come up with their names?"

Fuck you with a rusty butcher blade.

lol......

Saigon must have gotten his name from the country, which is fucking stupid. As is Papoose, which means Native American Baby or something.

Saigon's not a country, it's a city in Vietnam.

The Lox is short for The Warlox

Living Off Xperience.

How RaS kass get his name?

Ras Kass was an African king...

Saigon's not a country, it's a city in Vietnam.


That's what I meant you ignant mark ass cunt jelly roll

I heard he got the "Lu" from the last part of his first name, Wasalu. He took the rest of the name, Lupe, from a high school friend. On wikipedia it says that he added the "Fiasco" cause he liked how it looked on paper...
Yea thats what I meant to say i didn't feel like looking it up.

S'all good. Anyone ever find out about C Rayz Wallz? I watched some battle dvd today with The Saurus and he said to some dude "You look like C Rayz Wallz" or somethin and after the battle the dude was like "I don't even know what the fuck a C Rayz Wallz is.."