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rappers names you pronounced wrong

Started by Allis Mines, Sep 1, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. DJW
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    DJW

    Sep 2, 2016
    This doesnt explain anything.
     
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  2. icecube
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    icecube West Coast is the Best Coast

    Sep 2, 2016
    The obvious choice has got to be Kanye (Kayne) West in 2003.
     
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  3. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    Sep 2, 2016
    I wasn't sure if @theg was pronounced theg or the-g
     
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  4. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Sep 3, 2016
    Zay is just short for his first name.
     
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  5. Kumie
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    Kumie Kummybun

    Sep 3, 2016
    Not a rapper, but I always pronounced Suge Knight's name as "Suge Knife" as a kid.
     
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  6. Kumie
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    Kumie Kummybun

    Sep 3, 2016
    This ain't KTT n-----
     
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  7. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

    Sep 3, 2016
    ME TOO!

    Well, the Suge part. Never realised it was short for Sugar. :laff:
     
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  8. Kumie
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    Kumie Kummybun

    Sep 3, 2016
    It surprised me more to find out the spelling tbh.
     
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  9. Cunner
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    Cunner belter skelter

    Sep 3, 2016
    Why does everyone call Kanye Ye
     
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  10. Tha Story
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    Tha Story

    Sep 3, 2016
    Makes sense why they call him Zay now. I've been pronouncing it "Ih Shy Uh"
     
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  11. jackryan
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    Sep 3, 2016
    I pronounced hopsin as cornball

    actually, when I first heard of Eminem I thought it was pronounced

    um-ine-um I was not a very intelligent kid
     
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  12. Big Dangerous
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    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

    Sep 3, 2016
    I like to think everyone called Kanye "Kane" when they first heard of him until they learned otherwise
     
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  13. RMK
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    RMK facts only

    Sep 3, 2016
    Used to think RZA and GZA were pronounced like the letters
     
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  14. mow
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    mow long live flippa

    Sep 3, 2016
    not a rapper but no idea how to pronounce jhene aiko
     
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  15. canyouduck
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    canyouduck 50-0

    Sep 3, 2016
    Worst post I've seen in quite a while
     
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  16. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    Sep 3, 2016
    I did the Wale/Whale thing too

    Also pronounced Lupe like Loop when he first came out
     
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  17. an0nymous
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    an0nymous

    Sep 3, 2016
    I used to call Macklemore, Mackle-more

    Instead of Mack-le-more.
     
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  18. gorilla
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    gorilla Say goodnight to the Bad Guy

    Sep 10, 2016
    Wale
    Lil Yachty
     
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    Sep 10, 2016
    Ray Shumar
     
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  20. joeyp363
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    Sep 10, 2016
    I always though Young Thug was pronounced "Trash"
     
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