worst name change from rappers or rap labels who suddenly pussy out about having names that involve death or murder

death row is called "tha row"??

probably unrelated but i sure wish gravediggaz had kept the name 'niggamortis' for their debut

Well it's not the first four. Uncle M sounds really stupid, but so do The Inc and Tha Row. Tough choice.

it became Tha Row in i think the late 90s, well after they lost all their popular artists. i think after they filed for bankrupcy and some other company gained control of the catalog it's all Death Row again, though.

xp they did in the UK though!

GFK becoming just "Ghostface" for one album was corny as hell but thank god he and Def Jam had the sense not to stick with that

Killer Mike is called Mike Bigga now? That's pretty stupid, Killer Mike was a great rap name and I liked calling my friend Mike Killer Mike.

Ghostface Killah or Ghostface are both pretty weird things to call yourself if you think about it

no doubt

how about that "iced tea" fellow or "snoopy dog"

shit like Snoop losing the Doggy and Hammer dropping the MC are for another thread

WAIT WHAT

Mike Bigga!?!?!?!? noooooooooo

i guess you could say he "dropped the hammer" on the MC part.

yeeeaaaah

Ghostface (Killah) is prob my favorite rap name ever. For some reason, I doubt dropping the Killah for one album had anything to do with qualms about violent connotations.

tha row is just...

...go on

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Wait, what? I didn't hear about this Mike Bigga bullshit. When did that happen?

prob 'tha row' but 'uncla murda' is sad too b/c it's so much better than 'uncle m'

murda mase -> ma$e makes sense prob b/c dude just isn't a gangsta really

i don't mind ghost dropping the 'killah' b/c i think most people prob just refer to him as a ghostface anyway

Uncle Murda to Uncle M

man this is emasculating as fuck & utterly ridiculous - "uncle m, can i have some soda with dinner?" "ask your mother, johnny"

Killer Mike to Mike Bigga

haha this is awesome imo

Wait, what? I didn't hear about this Mike Bigga bullshit. When did that happen?

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this week: http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2009/09/21/21946885.aspx

the way he justified is really bitchmade too, all handwringing about how the "killer" might be holding him back from getting corporate sponsorships

actual gchat convo i had w/ a friend 2 years ago when Uncle Murda got signed:

fmc: i donbt believe that uncle murda is really signed to def jam.
fmc: he'll have to change his name to uncle uncle
some dude: uncle ghostface
fmc: Uncle Unintentional Manslaughter
some dude: Uncle Inc.

Hadn't heard anything about that Mike Bigga thing, and that justification makes it even worse. I was just listening to the first Pledge Allegiance in the car yesterday.

fmc: Uncle Unintentional Manslaughter

^_^

well damn

RIP Killa Kill From Adamsville ;_;

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GFK shouldn't even be on this list wtf

(fwiw I don't think its THAT weird of a thing to call himself, its just a kung fu ref)

I like the awkwardness of the silent pause you have to do to speak the phrase "the inc", like you're trying to say "think" and you hiccup halfway in

Ghostface Killah or Ghostface are both pretty weird things to call yourself if you think about it

― matmos def (Whiney G. Weingarten)

He only called himself Ghostface Killah because "YTX Termanata" was taken.

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Old thread that never got updated for Gunplay's brief time as Don Logan

Anyway, I was listening to Nine of "Whutcha Want?" fame and he was originally "Nine Double M" or "9 Double M" on those early Funk Flex singles but idk if that was shenanigans or just making things simpler