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Worst butchering of a rapper's name?

Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
edited November 2005 in Strut Central
When i worked at sandbox some poor mother buying her son a x-mas present called in asking for "Shazbah the disciple"

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  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    When i worked at sandbox some poor mother buying her son a x-mas present called in asking for "Shazbah the disciple"

    "Jeru the Da-MAH-zhah"

    ...kind of like maharaja
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Not a rapper but once some lady asked my friend Ray if he was into "SANtana" (instead of "SanTANa")
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    "Jeru the Da-MAH-zhah"



    ...kind of like maharaja



    When I first saw the video for "Come Clean", I said it that way too. Then I turned to YO!, heard Doctor Dre say it.



    I probably had the face.
  • DocBeezyDocBeezy 1,918 Posts
    "Jeru the Da-MAH-zhah"

    ...kind of like maharaja

    When I first saw the video for "Come Clean", I said it that way too. Then I turned to YO!, heard Doctor Dre said it and I know I said "oh".

    umm yeah. me too. then it was so fuckin obvious.
  • canonicalcanonical 2,100 Posts
    I forget who it was, but some girl was introducing G-UNIT on Saturday Night Live and called them GUN-IT[/b]. 50 was loving it.

    That isn't the worst butchering, but it always cracks me up when I think about it.
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    When i worked at sandbox some poor mother buying her son a x-mas present called in asking for "Shazbah the disciple"

    "Jeru the Da-MAH-zhah"

    ...kind of like maharaja

    You lived in Santa Cruz, too? I was gonna say this same thing, but withiut the "the".

    Play som Jeru DeMahShah, bro, then we can go surfing.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Pronouncing Rakim RaHkeem,or calling him Eric B.

    Back in the days, I overhead this cat ask for the Wu-Tang single
    C.R.E.A.M.,pronouncing every letter. Dogs, just fuckin' say Cream, dont spell it!!
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Not a rapper, but Young Phonics consistently refers to a certain rapper's wife as KELL-is.





    (shudder)
  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    Not a rapper, but Young Phonics consistently refers to a certain rapper's wife as KELL-is.





    (shudder)


    I think in that recent car-wreck that people called an "interview", Mobb Deep is now refering to Nas as simply "Milkshake".
  • DeeRockDeeRock 1,836 Posts
    I remember watching videos back in the day and the vj said coming up next is Eric B and Rake Em' with "Microphone FRIEND". I fell out. Then another time my step dad told me "Come upstairs Cool Jay Jay is about to rap! It was LL of course.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    I once was witness to an initially amicable - but rapidly escalating to unfriendly - disagreement between a local record store owner and his customer over the pronunciation of Mos Def's name. The proprieter insisted that it was pronounced MOSS Def, and was more than a bit condescending when the customer begged to differ.
  • mandrewmandrew 2,720 Posts
    Not a rapper, but Young Phonics consistently refers to a certain rapper's wife as KELL-is.





    (shudder)


    is that kelis?
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    Not a rapper, but Young Phonics consistently refers to a certain rapper's wife as KELL-is.





    (shudder)

    Holy St. Christopher.

    Meth is a hell of a drug.
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    Not exactly a name butcherin but i always cringe when i hear people sayin stuff like you that mobb deep song yeah that guy[/b] is great. its two people! jesus..
  • DeeRockDeeRock 1,836 Posts
    yeah, like when they guy out here on the radio said "Run Dmc is back, we haven't heard from him in a while" !!!!!!
  • FunkyFlatulentFunkyFlatulent 1,106 Posts
    I'm probably spelling these wrong.. but you know who i'm talking about..

    Pharoh Monch = "MONK" heard that a lot.

    Ras Kass - shit i'm still not sure if i'm saying it right.

    Coco Brovas = BRO - VOSS (like how poss sounds in posse)

    5 ft from blackmoon = always pronounced as "that other guy"

    first time i saw the name RZA and GZA i was like ..

    how do you say C RAY WALLZ OR WALTZ or whatever that dudes name is?

  • slavinslavin 577 Posts




    Coco Brovas = BRO - VOSS (like how poss sounds in posse)






    hahaa.. i was just going to post this. some dude from high school would say that.
  • Sun_FortuneSun_Fortune 1,374 Posts
    Basically all of the Bootcamp click has terrible names that every one mispornounces.


    Smif n' Wessun -- I'm pretty sure that they didnt do as well as they could have when they came out due to their terrible name and general confusion.. Tek is a stupid name as is steele.

    Heltah Skeltah -- Huh

    Original gun Clappaz -- terrible, Starang Wondah, Louisville Sluggah and Topp Dogg.

    da reprasentatives -- terrible

    Da Beatminerz -- Mr. Walt
  • GrafwritahGrafwritah 4,184 Posts
    Original gun Clappaz -- terrible, Starang Wondah, Louisville Sluggah and Topp Dogg.

    No no no

    OrigiNOO[/b] Gun Clappaz. Gotta get it right.
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    i was guilty of the Jeru thing too.


    what a little herb i was back then.
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    My japanese friend used to love, LL CRUEL J.

    - spidey
  • planlessplanless 819 Posts
    a guy informed me about meth & rapman
  • knewjakknewjak 1,231 Posts
    LATYRX understandably gets multilated by everyone who repeats it for the first time.
  • hertzhoghertzhog 865 Posts


    Pharoh Monch = "MONK" heard that a lot.


    Yeah, I've heard a bunch of variations of that one.

    Another bad one I've heard is saying "mac" instead of "M.C." (i.e. Mac Shan).
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    Not hip-hop but a local rag in DC called "On Tap" did a profile this month on ex-Canyon drummer Brandon Butler and cited the band "Righteous Spring" as one his influences.
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