Rapper Names and the explanation/meaning behind them?

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Nelly -cornell haynes
Pimp c - chad butler
Boosie - childhood name
T.i. changed from tip a childhood nickname
Ice t- tracy who could quote iceberg slim perfect
Ice cube?
Z-ro might be in conjuction with his heavy depression issues
Yo gotti?
Unlv uptown nikkas livin violent

 

[Big Mel]

someone explain these wu tang names

rza
gza
raekwon
inspectah deck
u-god

not saying i dont like em but is there a meaning to em?

Rizza and jizza are the sounds of scratched versions of rakeem and genius.

 

[Big Mel]

Redman got hit in the face with a snowball and turned red. True story.

 

[Big Mel]

Gifted unlimited rhymes universal

 

[Big Mel]

Knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everyone

 

[Big Mel]

E-40 is simply Earl .....40 oz. of malt liquor. He's a drunk.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Spice 1's name is an acronym for "Sex, Pistols, Indo, Cash, and Entertainment"

 

[Big Mel]

Ice T


Ice = Cold


T= Tracy....as in Tracy Marrow

 

[zerozero]

Royce 5'9" I can't figure it out





j/k

 

[Big Mel]

Black Rob was once Bacardi Rob...but he's black as fukk too.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

C-Bo is an abbreviation for cowboy

 

[Big Mel]

Trugoy is yogurt backwards

Fat Joe aka Joey Crack because his fat ass used to show in his pants

MC Ren is short for Lorenzo

Scarface was originally DJ Akshen but the popularity of his solo song 'mr Scarface' off the Grip It album confused fans and he just rode with it.


Devin The Dude was just Devin until the same thing happened to him off his first album 'the dude' being misconstrued as Devin The Dude.

 

[Mac Casper]

2Pac

2 Produce and Create

 

[Big Mel]

Lol

 

[DaveyDave]

2Pac

2 Produce and Create

where da fukk did you come up with that?