Come on Son! The 10 Worst Hip Hop Name/Personality Changes

15 Comments / Feb 01.10 / Featured, Originals / by Casanova Ruffin

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Mind you this list is extremely bias and more or less useless, but it does showcase some very popular artist in the hip hop community that changes they way we think, what we wear, and how other perceive this genre. With the title of #1 bearing the most changed artist in this genre and 10 being the least but just as morphed, this short list of recent and past rappers/entertainers highlights the ever evolving genre that is Hip Hop.

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Ice T is no longer a NWA. Even with Coco at his side, Ice T has lost much of his pimptastic street cred. Why? Cause money is the root of all evil, and so is his role as Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on Law & Order SVU.

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WWEED..aka What would Eazy-E do after learning that one of the most feared rappers out of the west coast was now making family friendly movies with Nia Long…NIA LONG. Even after publicly ridiculing Oprah for her stance against the Hip Hop nation, his street cred never recovered.

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Russell Simmons came unto the hip hop scene with overbearing logos and a penchant for making money, but sadly he’s trailing behind Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and even Sean Combs monetary-wise and pop-culture-wise. The dude hasn’t acknowledged or impressed this community since Tommy Hilfiger gave us the middle finger. Even sadder is his metamorphose from urban pioneer to the most popular “becky” loving casanova this generation has ever seen.

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Even though he taught me how to make money using Food Stamps, the downfall of Ol’ Dirty Bastard came way before the ill fated proclamation of his new rap name Baby Jesus. His documentary on MTV and countless run ins with the law paired with his untimely death not only negatively impacted the rap game, but left Wu-Tang with one less killer bee.

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It goes without saying the infamous Queen Bee has changed. Her music, still very “real” and very “raw,” is now even harder to digest given that her appearance is some what of a mask. As a petite individual myself, I wouldn’t say she was an ideal role model, but as a fast talking, opinionated female I appreciated how she maneuvered around the heavily male dominated world of the music industry. But now that her physical appearance has evolved, I’m not even sure if she still is the rap equivalent to BIGGIE or another well bleached, poorly dressed mannequin dubbed Lil’ Kim.

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Comments ( 15 )

Like lambchop, this list could have went on and on. I’m still vying for Robin Thicke as an honorable mention.

Petite added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 9:41 am

He has Our New Girlfriend: Paula Patton. I would change everything for her.

casanovaruffin added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 9:45 am

lmao…I guess..but why come I look like mcluvin?

Petite added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 10:20 am

Lol I need to show you how to change that.

casanovaruffin added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 10:40 am

Could Snoopy D O gizzle snuck on this list ?

Kdouble added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 2:12 pm

Would that be for the worst though? I’m a fan of him being on Martha Stewart showing her how to bake green brownies.

casanovaruffin added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 2:21 pm

what about will smith? I think he would be in my top ten… But on second thought, is it not sort of the pre-destined path of the mainstream rapper to have multiple identity crises? I can hardly think of anyone that didn’t go through some sort of major image transformation. Maybe that just happens when you are constantly trying to update yourself to compete with the new talent.

kd.fantasy added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 3:00 pm

Ah I don’t think you can fault Will Smith, he’s been making it big since Fresh Prince.

casanovaruffin added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 3:09 pm

Tupac had to transform himself from a twinky art student to straight gangsta

TUPAC AINT DEAD!

Online Guitar Tuition added these pithy words on Feb 01 10 at 5:35 pm

you know queen/david bowie did not authorize vanilla ice to use their beats from underpressure, it was done on the b side of vanilla’s record and when it got popular queen tried to get royalties which vanilla fought, saying the beat was different (because of a one note upbeat at the end), anyway fyi

jess added these pithy words on Feb 06 10 at 12:17 pm

Thanks for the info. No wonder he’s as unsuccessful as he is. he sucks at stealing.

casanovaruffin added these pithy words on Feb 06 10 at 2:54 pm

Ice T was not in NWA, genius!

Captain Obvious added these pithy words on Aug 06 10 at 8:54 am

Ah I don’t think you can fault Will Smith, he’s been making it big since Fresh Prince.

weadarth added these pithy words on Nov 29 11 at 12:23 am

Everybody PRETENDS not to have liked Vanilla Ice or Ice Ice Baby but I was there in person in concert (Vanilla Ice, Envogue and MC Hammer) with 10,000 people screaming “go white boy go white boy go.” I was also a DJ back in the day and Ice Ice Baby packed the dance floor to such as extent it was a fireman’s worse nightmare. So a lot of yall need to quit fronting.

Tashi added these pithy words on Dec 13 11 at 11:54 pm

Oh and many there was no real personality change. Rappers are not gangsters. Most gangsters I know in real life are dead or in jail. Rappers pretend to be gangsters and glamorize the lifestyle. Huge difference.

Tashi added these pithy words on Dec 14 11 at 12:02 am

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