Nipsey Hussle is a West Coast rapper of Eritrean descent from the streets of Slauson & Crenshaw, meaning his peers are Snoop Dogg and Ice T.
From his website: "Nipsey Hussle earned his moniker by absorbing all the hood had to offer and profiting from it tenfold." There is no mention of Nipsey Russell and how such a young rapper had ever heard of him. I dunno, $100,000 Pyramid reruns?
Edgar Allen Floe
This guy's from North Carolina.
From Allhiphop.com: "Mal Demolish, Floe's partner in the group The Undefined, gave him this name in 1996, and Floe stuck with it saying, 'Edgar Allan Poe was a well-respected writer and storyteller. I tried to incorporate that into my standpoint. He was a dope writer; I'm trying to be a well respected and dope writer, so it all goes and in hand.'"
Okay. Fair enough. Still a stupid name, though.
Hue Hef
A South Carolina neighbor to Edgar Allen Floe, Hue Hef is steeped in "Dirty South" hip hop slang, meaning I don't even have to listen to it to know it totally blows.
Well, shit. I take that back. A rare Dirty South track that's not too bad:
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Jackie Chain
Okay. This is the dumbest name yet. And yes, he wears a chain.
Here's an excerpt from somanyshrimp.com (?!):
Jackie’s perfected this style of rap that is super direct and determined and where there are no wasted words and every line is like a very pointed statement of purpose. I get the sense that he writes every rhyme two lines at a time and then connects them together for verses because all of his songs are about cars, drugs and girls, but it yields amazing results where his songs are just full of incredible couplets that are basically like mottos. Here are my favorites from “Diamonds & Cadillacs”, in random order and in all caps cuz Jackie is a very urgent rapper:
ALL ABOUT MY MAHNEY
SUNGLASSES ARMANI
BOUT TO HOLLER AT THIS BITCH THAT LOOK LIKE GWEN STEFANI
AC BLOWIN
WHOLE TRUNK BOOMIN
BIG BOY SHIT
CHROME GRILL AND WOMAN
Uh, no.
Frankly, I think Jackie Chain resembles the guy from this video:
And here's Jackie Chain's explanation of how he got his name (my name chose me, blah blah blah):
Honorable Mention– Worst Mixtape Name: Holla Burton
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