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why do black celebrities change their names to really funny names?

posted 10 years ago by kurt7825
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its stupid. common, dmx, dre, etc. are they embarrassed of their real names? i think their fake names are worse

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[–] angryhermit50 10 years ago

You do know those are all rappers, right?
And that having a street name is part of the culture, right?
Also, it was a pretty dumb question, right?

[–] darrenvbc 10 years ago

Sooooo dumb.

[–] Stoop_Kid 10 years ago

I know right? Those black guys named Flea, The Lizard King, Adam Ant, The Big Bopper, Vitamin C (white woman), Clown, Kid Rock (Kid? Dude, you're almost 50 years old!), Danger Mouse, The Edge, Enya, Fergie, Lady GaGa, Vanilla Ice, Wolfman Jack, JoJo, Uncle Kracker, Liberace, Lorde, Munky, Mama Cass,Dweezil Zappa, etc. Dumbass (

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Dweezil Zappa was named by his parents, Mrs. and Mister Zappa, Brainiac. So was his sister, Moon Unit Zappa.

[–] AllenWoody 10 years ago

Stoop Kid, that was one of the funniest responses I have ever read. Great work, Sir.

[–] qtpi1969 10 years ago

Maybe they do it to hide from their numerous felonies and to prove that felons can get jobs (rapping I guess).