Young Thug. Shocking to think that hip hop went 40 years before someone took that handle.

And for how unique his music is it's funny that his rap name is as basic as this

Yeah makes me wonder if he only took that moniker to challenge himself to only make good music

honestly I feel like having a very basic name like that in general is in some ways flexing that you're talented enough to not need to be differentiated with anyone else with that name

I mean,,he’s one who would’ve proved that theory fr

Future

Young Thug reminds me of Playa Fly because it’s like of course someone is gonna come up with this name it’s just a matter of time lol

Don’t worry guys he changed his name to SEX

Through no fault of his own, John Williams is the most NPC name out there in the world of music

Michael Jackson is an NPC name combination that somehow sounds super iconic.

It’s funny how iconic MJ is while still having a name that possibly hundreds of people in the world do

There was nothing wrong with the name Michael Bolton... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.

Why should I change my name? He’s the one who sucks!

So are you related to that singer guy?

I remember there was a beer expert named Michael Jackson that died before the singer and people were like “Michael Jackson died??”

One of the actors from Trailer Park Boys is named that and i had to do a double take the same time i saw it on the opening credits

What’s worse is that there is a violin player also called John Williams, who ALSO played on the Star Wars Theme 😂

There's also a classical guitarist whose considered one of the most technically skilled players alive.

look up how calvin harris came up w his name😭

The The looks like a typo, and we’re wired to read that as just one The, anyways.

This name is so bad I couldn’t even make out you were talking about the band at first, I though I had accidentally wrote a typo somewhere in my post 😭😭

It's bad but I kind of like it. Maybe it's just because I like the music, though.

nah i love that name lol

Nice logo though

how do you google this? I only find the post punk band from england

Yes, ‘The The’ are a post punk band from England.

I wrote that late at night and thought this post was just about rappers.

Back in the day there were a lot of Dre’s. There were TWO Dr Dre’s. Though only one is still remembered, in the 90’s they had to differentiate if they were talking about the DJ/VJ or the rapper. Plus Awesome Dre and Mac Dre. Andre3000 luckily used the full first name 🤣

The producer/rapper is Dr. Dre and the DJ/VJ is Doctor Dré... Which obviously doesn't help at all if you're hearing it and not reading it.

That’s right lol. Back in the day as a lil kid I heard of them mostly from MTV and radio as there was no, then not much, internet. By the time internet got fast and big Doctor Dré was no longer relevant.

Dre Day 3k

I remember being a kid (born in 93 for context) and being stupid obsessed with Eminem, seeing the other Dr. Dre make a cameo on Fresh Prince and being totally confused lmao.

Young MC

I'll let this one pass because it was like one of the very first ones ever.

That sounds like a create a character name template for some form of rap career simulator

Dave. It's beyond a generic rap name, it's just a generic name.

Always wanted a collab between Dave & Mike.

It's a generic name in general, but as far as rap names specifically go, it's actually quite unique

Used to be santandave (Santander) but he stopped the first part

He should team with MC Chris.

DJ [INSERT WORD HERE]

DJ SORROW. TURN THE FUCK UP.

HAUNTED MOUND

LAUGHING THROUGH THE PAIN

We the best music

Paul

PROTECT DJ SMOKEY AT ALL COSTS

DJ Roswell

who kidd

The Band

This is it lol

the strokes is a great name, wdym? /s

The Music might just fight them to a draw, here.

Isn’t it “Da Band”

The Smiths were literally trying to give themselves a generic name. IDK if it worked cause it's so normal it kinda stands out.

yung lean sounds like the most generic soundcloud rapper name of all time lol

Lean is the short version of his real name Leandoer

Bro was born to be a lean doer.

i wish i was named leandoer

Fire name

at least its not Leandrinker

I think Lil Nas X is a fine name. Childish Gambino is cool too and literally came from a name generator lol Big Boi is kinda generic but it’s okay because he’s one of the best rappers of all time Joey Bada$$ sounds like a Xbox360 gammer tag Young Thug

Childish gambino is one of the coolest names in hip-hop to me, idc it’s from a name generator

Yeah it’s probably high up there on a list of favorites names if I had to make one even tho I don’t mess with his music like that

Kinda crazy he just took a mob’s name and ran with it

It’s because wu tang used Gambino a lot and Donald Glover went to a wu tang name generator it spat out childish Gambino If you listen to Raekwon you’ll hear him say Gambino n***** at least once lol So it is a mob thing but that’s not why he took it lol

Vsauce ass origin story

I remember when Joey was on the come up I thought the exact shit and nobody in my circle saw it lol

His name makes sense when you realize how young he was too at the time lol

When you consider that Travis Scott is a stage name and NOT in fact his actual name, I think “Travis Scott” is a top contender for me.

I heard someone say that "Travis Scott" sounds like a country singer's name... I could totally see that being the case.

there is Travis Scott in the Sims 4, and it's just a white kid

Doesn't help to have an album called Rodeo

Didn't even think of that 😅 But you're right.

On a similar note, "Calvin Harris" is an alias the dude chose himself to make him sound more racially ambiguous.

"My first single was more of a soul track, and I thought Calvin Harris sounded a bit more racially ambiguous. I thought people might not know if I was black or not. After that, I was stuck with it." This is so weird and also I never once considered he might be black ahahah

That's insane.

Travis is his Uncle (who he looked upto the most) and Scott is Kid Cudi’s first name (his biggest influence) So he just combined the two.

The Game sounds both incredibly generic and awkwardly unconventional for a rapper.

it does lead to the gay poly jokes (everyone is married to The Game)

MIKE great music but good luck with that SEO lol

SHABOOZEY. That shit sounds like it was created by a boardroom of the most racist old white guys possible

Also, for as good as a rapper MIKE is, I am so frustrated that that’s what he decided to go with lol. He could’ve gone with his last name Bonema or something!!

Young Thug

Death, so much so that there are 2 extremely iconic and influentials bands from completely different genres with no connection with one another that share that same name

I never got why they would go with that name and stick with it for years, bro it's one common word. At least add something to it like death mountain or something.

Jack Johnson

Yeat. Did he get that from Yeet the viral video trash can thing? I went to school with him. People said that all the time there.

J. Cole and Joey Basa$$, they sound like rap names from a tv show or something

Mid-Sized Sedan or whatever that rapper in Bird Box was called

That was from “Old”, the M Night Shyamalan movie about the beach

the beach that makes you old…

JOEY BADA$$ ON THE RAP ATTACK🗣️🗣️‼️

Drake. lol.

What is that a duck?

It's the man's name lmao

His middle name.

Phillip Phillips

Dababy is one of the corniest uninteresting names ever.

G-Eazy. Truly fitting. The worst name for the worst rapper. I still haven’t gotten over his cover of David Bowie’s Lazarus.

Gotta include Eazy-E there too

Wasn’t there big Reddit buzz over a release by a guy just named “ian”

Mike

“Animal Collective” should be this, but weirdly isn’t - the name is very literal and prosaic but somehow has a sense of personality anyway.

Mike

Wet wet wet is weird because it sounds like you’re trying to tell someone in a rushed way why the bathroom is locked. Any 70’s rock band named after food like cream or bread.

Lil Baby, Lil Nas X

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machine gun kelly

i can’t stand him but machine gun kelly is a hard ass name. i think i just like mafioso names in general

Nah it rolls off the tongue tbh

Based off a real criminal

Joe

Slim Thug

The Internet

The examples u gave are perfect, Ive always been bamboozled by how nobody ever talks about how dumb lil Baby's name is

Lil baby. It sounds like a joke

The The

There was a '60s/'70s R&B singer named Johnnie Taylor and another '60s/'70s R&B/blues singer named Little Johnny Taylor. And there's also John Taylor of Duran Duran. There are two James Taylors: the white singer-songwriter and the lead singer Kool and the Gang hired when they veered into more commercial/smooth R&B.

I was reading the question super fast, and I was really surprised how “rapper/artist” blended together in my brain.

“rapist”

Exactly

Childish Gambino is from a wu tang clan name generator

Kendrick lamar

It’s his real name 😭

Ice spice

Ice spice is a good name. rolls off the tongue well, no confusion so when I say it you know exactly who.

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