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What’s in a rapper’s name?

August 26, 2010
Elke Mermis,

Whether you’re trying to glean insight into your favorite MC’s handle or come up with a name for your own fledgling rap career: the Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names lays it all out on the table.

Titles, Crime, Alphanumeric, Physical or Metaphysical Attributes and Wordplay: just a few of the categories. Look at it up close here.
(Via Idolator)
Categories: Music
Tags: rappers, taxonomy
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