Pseudonyms
Stormzy It seems like hip-hop artists and rappers prefer to take to the stage with stage names. There's hardly a single one of them who performs or records under his or her birth name. I am not sure why this should be as I freely admit that I am pretty ignorant about these modern genres - both in cultural and musical terms. These are the rap/hip-hop artists that I had heard of before starting to make this blogpost: Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar (real name!) Drake, Cardi B, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, Missy Elliot, Dr Dre and England's own Stormzy. However, there are literally hundreds of others from 6arelyhuman through Murda Mook and Tap Dat Ass to Zero 9:36. For your information, Jay-Z's real name is Shawn Corey Carter , Eminem's birth name is Marshall Bruce Mathers, Snoop Dogg is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. , Vanilla Ice is Robert Matthew Van Winkle and Stormzy is Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr.. Yes, in the overlapping worlds of rap and hip-...