Who Deserves More Credit for Making the Term 'Stan' Common in HipHop? Eminem or Nas?

[GoldenGlove]

Eminem made the song (which is a classic hiphop song IMO) but one could argue that Nas made the term what it is today after how he used it in Ether towards Jay-Z.



Eminem's song/video


Nas in ETHER

In '88 you was getting chased through your building
Calling my crib and I ain't even give you my numbers
All I did was gave you a style for you to run with
Smiling in my face, glad to break bread with the god
Wearing Jaz chains, no tecs, no cash, no cars
No jail bars Jigga, no pies, no case
Just Hawaiian shirts, hanging with little Chase
You a fan, a phony, a fake, a p*ssy, a Stan
I still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate class
You Tae-bo hoe, trying to work it out, you tryna' get brolic?

What you think?

 

[SirBiatch]

Nas coined the term. end of story.

 

[wingstop]

eminem is trash

so nas

 

[GoldenGlove]

Nas coined the term. end of story.

But Em made the song where Nas got the idea from

 

[SirBiatch]

But Em made the song where Nas got the idea from

doesn't matter. it would've just been another forgettable song if not for Nas. Let's be real here. Part of Em's legacy rests on "Stan", and that legacy exists because of Nas. Nobody remembers "Kim" or whatever songs Em made.

The goat changed Stan from a proper noun to a common noun. Hilarious and smart shyt

Plus Em got the idea for Stan from Nas (One Love). So the cypher's complete

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

I would assume that Nas is the reason why most of us started using it the way we do

The only reason I fukked with Eminem's track is because of the Dido sample

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

It was just a song with eminem but nas turned that shyt into an etherous insult

 

[Lootpack]

Nas definitely.

 

[SirBiatch]

I would assume that Nas is the reason why most of us started using it the way we do

The only reason I fukked with Eminem's track is because of the Dido sample

Em stans will pretend like this isn't the reason everyone, particularly White girls, was blasting this track nonstop

 

[MidnightMercenary]

Well Nas gave it it's definition so I think he did more.

 

[boskey]

If Nas didn't use it somebody else would've...but if it wasnt in ether would it have stuck

 

[Turbulent]

Nas

Stan is a character in a Em song. Nas is responsible for making it an insult.

 

[MJ Truth]

Clearly it's Nas. Eminem made the song and created the term "Stan", Nas actually turned that shyt into something people use. Nobody would've even thought to call somebody a stan before Nas.

 

[MJ Truth]

If Nas didn't use it somebody else would've...but if it wasnt in ether would it have stuck

Who would've used it? Because nobody else did.

 

[head shots101]

Nas....nikkaz in the hood not blasting M&M out their whips