Theory of the Week
My roommate and I were kicking this idea around for a while, so I decided to post it. Actually, let me correct myself, the idea was entirely mine, but its explanation resulted in a great deal of characteristicly humorous banter between us two.
The theory is as follows:
1) Primary theory: The more antiquated your name is (as a black man), the greater your chance of becoming a rapper. This, of course, has a deep psychological motivation. If your name was last popular in the year 1836 among a bunch of dandified Englishmen, you have to up your street cred in this millenium by pimping some rides/hoes/bling/mad lyrics.
f(Percy Miller) = Master P
Percy, as you may all know, is the dimunitive of Percival, which is a pretty terrible name right there.
2) Secondary theory: If you a black man with the misfortunate of not having a typically African-American name (this includes invented names, modifications of popular names, and names derived from African languages), you are also obligated to become a rapper.
f(Sean Combs)= Puff Daddy = P.Diddy= Diddy =?
f(Shawn Carter)= Jay-Z
f(Christopher Wallace)= Biggie Smalls
f(Tupac Amaru Shakur)= Tupac. I'm not cheating with this one! He's named after a Peruvian revolutionary, so his name is neither invented, nor a modification, nor derived from any of the Niger-Congo languages.
The theory is as follows:
1) Primary theory: The more antiquated your name is (as a black man), the greater your chance of becoming a rapper. This, of course, has a deep psychological motivation. If your name was last popular in the year 1836 among a bunch of dandified Englishmen, you have to up your street cred in this millenium by pimping some rides/hoes/bling/mad lyrics.
f(Percy Miller) = Master P
Percy, as you may all know, is the dimunitive of Percival, which is a pretty terrible name right there.
2) Secondary theory: If you a black man with the misfortunate of not having a typically African-American name (this includes invented names, modifications of popular names, and names derived from African languages), you are also obligated to become a rapper.
f(Sean Combs)= Puff Daddy = P.Diddy= Diddy =?
f(Shawn Carter)= Jay-Z
f(Christopher Wallace)= Biggie Smalls
f(Tupac Amaru Shakur)= Tupac. I'm not cheating with this one! He's named after a Peruvian revolutionary, so his name is neither invented, nor a modification, nor derived from any of the Niger-Congo languages.
posted by etre_productif at 7:36 PM
1 Comments:
Okay I agree with you after finding my own example with Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. = T.I.P. = T.I.
But then you lost me when I found Cornell Haynes Jr. = Nelly. There's nothing gangster about his name.
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