West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on June 23, 2001, 01:31:01 PM
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Sticky Fingaz - "I got my name in 1989. The Name was given to me by my other crew member 'cause I had stole some shit, but this was when I was younger. I don't steal no more from my friends and shit. I did before but I was young and dumb and full a cum. I stole something and they said, 'Yo Stick Fingas.' So we made it up. So everything I touch, I take"
Redman - "I got hit in the face with a snowball when I was a little kid and my face turned all read. Everybody called me Redman and it just stuck."
MC Ren - "I started with the name Master Ren 'cause you know Grandmaster Flash, and my real name is LoRENzo. Everybody called me Ren back in the day. When I started rhyming, I just put the Master on front and after that played out I put MC like in the Run DMC little era and it just stuck."
Black Rob - "I used to be Robbie-O from the hood. I'm still Robbie-O, but Black Rob came from my man P-Diddy. When I say Black that just means the thugness of the whole aspect of being black. Black is hard. When you think about black people you think of the struggle, you think about everything that's fucked up about the game, and Rob is just my government name."
Big Kap - "I used to play football, so back in the days when you used to hit somone real hard, they used to be like, 'Yo, I kap you.' When I used to play football I was one of the hardest-hitting guys, so they started calling me Kap, and then when I went to college to play ball it stuck. When I started DJing I just added Big in front of it."
Mos Def - "I would always say 'mos def' to people to sort of blow them off. So I didn't have to talk to them or something like that. It sort of stuck to me."
Tash - "Tash is short for CaTASHtrophe. I made it up. I had to shorten it because everytime I tried to get T-Shirts and stuff made, part of the name would always end up on the sleeves instead of just the back."
Guru - "Gang Starr stands for street knowledge, intellect, and spirtituality because we wanted to do something beyond Gangsta Rap and do something more mental and spiritual. I was a big fan of Big daddy kane and KRS-One whose names both meanth something sp I came up with Guru which means: Gifted, Unilimmited, Rhymes, Universal."
Sauce money - "I got my name Sauce Money because of growing up in Marcy. My real name is Todd and my friends used to call me Tarter Sauce. First I was Todd, than Tarter Sauce, then Sauce Money and when I started spittin' out the lyrics everybody started calling me Sauce Muthafucka. Now they call me sauce Muthafucka all the time because I don't give a fuck."
MC Lyte - "When I was younger my mom kept reading material in the bathroom. There was a book entitled 'Dictionary of Thoughts.' There is where I found many defenitions from philosapheres on the word light. Evereything was positive and uplifting. So I snatched it or embraced it (some would say) and mad eit my own. Changed the spelling and gave the word new life. The MC came after my first couple of songs were recorded."
Memphis Bleek - "Bleek came from my younger sister 'cause she couldn't say Malik (his real name) so it stuck. Jay gave me the name Memphis. It means Making Eazy Money Pimping Hoes In Style"
Ras Kass - "I was reading this history book and an Ethiopian King named Ras Kass was fighting for control of a kingdom, Kingdom Shol, agains a guy called Menenik The 2nd. I guess Ras means King like Rastafari, but he was John the 4th. His first name was John the 4th and I'm John the 4th so... I just flipped it and said I'll be Ras Kass"
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C-Murder - "When I started getting down, me and P was thinkin' and I didn't know what to do. I hustled and came up with things I was going to be talking about; how seruiose I was gonna take this rap game. Plus bein' around projects you see a lot of this, a lot of that. You see a lot of murders in the hood."
Ice Cube - "As a shorty growin up, they used to say i was cool. Somebody started me calling me Ice Cube because of that. It just stuck."
RZA - "I have many different titles with my different artributes. Sometimes they call me Bobby digital, Rakeem Allah, but I'm mostly known as RZA. The RZA is actually and acronym for Rakeem Zig Zag Zig Allah. It's like a slang we used to do in Shaolin back in the days or whatever. Niggaz started callin me RZA Raw, but then I went to the Mathematics of it and broke it down, I zigged and I zagged and I had to zig again to reach Allah."
Too $hort - "I was 5'2" when I got out of High school, but I grew later."
Charli Baltimore - "I was watching this movie called 'Long Kiss Goodnight.' Geena Davis was in it and she had a split personality; sort of an alter ego called Charly Baltimore. I thought the name was kinda' cool. I was watching the movie with Big in the hospital after he was in the car accident and I was like, 'That's a hot name.' My old name was Tiflon 'cause my real name is Tiffany but Big said that i was now gunna be Charli Baltimore because it sounded like it could be an Italian Jersey housewife."
Lil Bow Wow - "I got the name from Snoop. I was at a concert and i had just got on stage and i started rappin with him. After the show he wanted me back stage and i finished up the tour with him. Basically that's how i got discoverd and what happend was, he just gave me my name as i finished out the tour with him"
JT Money - "Yo, JT are my initials and i am all bout that money. Or, if u want to take it to the ol`skool, 'Jackin Tourists for Money'. JT for Money. Ya heard?"
E-40 - "My first name starts with an E for Earl. I used to drink at least five 40-ounce of Olde English brew a day fo' real, fo' real. So summer of 1986 i was caked up, posted in front of my momma house. I was drinkin a 40 and my dude Derrek called me E-40"
Jayo Felony - "I was locked up when i was like 14 and i just seen 'felony' carved in the desk and JAYO stands for 'Justice Against Y'all Oppressors.' So it stuck with me from juvenile hall to now."
(Pshyco Les on) The Beatnuts - "Me and Ju Ju went to the same high school and everyone called us the Beat Kings because we used to do beats in those days and we DJed. Me and Ju Ju, we didnt really like the word kings too much because at the time there was a lot of kings, like 45 Kings, King Tee. So just hangin around Afrika from Jungle Brothers we was talkin about the name and he was like, 'You niggaz aint kings, you niggaz is nuts' and something just sparked up. They started shouting us everywhere they went, 'Yo what up to the Beatnuts?' so it just stuck."
8Ball - "When I was 14 years old, me and MJG used to be hangin in this pool hall, Star Search, in Orangemound, Tennessee. We used to be there all day. One of the cats started calling me that and everybody started calling me that and i started calling myself that"
Brother Lynch Hung - "I was rappin like in '84-'85 battling everyone and my brother went around and said that I used to lynch everyone. I threw the hung on it cause it sticks."
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Y HAVE U MADE ANOTHA THREAD U POSTED THIS IN THA ORIGINAL DIDNT YA??
peace
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I added more over here...
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I Like RZA's Explanation The Best.
Is It Just Me, Or Does MC Ren Just Seem Like The Coolest Fool Alive Everytime He Opens His Mouth? LOL He Just Seems Like He's REAL, Ya Know?
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Yea, MC Ren is definently real...
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YEH!
REN = REAL EAZY NIGGA!!
LOL ;D
peace
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I got this from XXL too.
Memphis Bleek: "Bleek came from my younger sister 'cause she couldn't say Malik (his real name) so it stuck. Jay gave me the name Memphis. It means Making Eazy Money Pimping Hoes In Style"
Ras Kass: "I was reading this history book and an Ethiopian King named Ras Kass was fighting for control of a kingdom, Kingdom Shol, agains a guy called Menenik The 2nd. I guess Ras means King like Rastafari, but he was John the 4th. His first name was John the 4th and I'm John the 4th so... I just flipped it and said I'll be Ras Kass"
The Beatnuts (Psycho Les): "Me and Ju Ju went to the same high school and everyone called us the "Beat Kings" because we used to do beats in those days and we Djed. Me and Ju Ju, we didnt really like the word "kings" too much because at the time there was a lot of kings, like 45 Kings, King Tee. So just hangin around Afrika from Jungle Brothers we was talkin about the name and he was like, "You niggas aint kings, you niggas is nuts" and something just sparked up. They started shouting us everywhere they went, 'Yo what up to the Beatnuts?' so it just stuck."
8Ball: "When I was 14 years old, me and MJG used to be hangin in this pool hall, Star Search, in Orangemound, Tennessee. We used to be there all day. One of the cats started calling me that and everybody started calling me that and i started calling myself that"
Brother Lynch Hung: "I was rappin like in '84-'85 battling everyone and my brother went around and said that I used to lynch everyone. I threw the hung on it cuase it sticks"
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I dont really belive Memphis bleek about the Memphis standing for Making Easy Money Pimpin Hoes In Style... I think he just thought of that after. I've heard him say he spent alot of time in Memphis, and thats where he got his name from.
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I think its true. I heard alot of people saying it.
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I heard he calls himself it cause he admires tha hustle in memphis, he said some shit like they dont fuck around in Memphis...
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Mayeb they were thinking of a way to spell out what he does where it means two things....
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PS, did anyone pay attention to how most of 'em said "It just stuck"...LOL
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of course they "just stick" thats what happens with nicknames whether its for a rapper or for a friend, if it sounds good the first time someone says it then it catches on, i see it every day
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That's fukkin wicked man, where u got it from?
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did method man get his name from like smokin weed with different methods apart from the obvious?????, as he quotes ''u can bring the method, cos i be the man'', or somethin, i think thats rite.
peace.
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Beatz me...
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did method man get his name from like smokin weed with different methods apart from the obvious?????, as he quotes ''u can bring the method, cos i be the man'', or somethin, i think thats rite.
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Maybe, I remember him talking about it on 36 chambers.
"Roll it, light it, smoke it" - method man
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Method is what people used to call weed in New York, i dont know if they still do, he blatantly named himself after that.
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Any body else got names to post here so I can add to tha list?