Rappers may have hardcore images to uphold, but they weren’t always as tough as they make themselves out to be. Once upon a time they were tiny little babies, the apple of their mothers eye. And their mothers named them so. Check out some of the more unusual and unexpected real names of some of the biggest rappers in the world.
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III
Flavor Flav
William Jonathan Drayton, Jr.
Flo Rida
Tramar Dillard
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler
Kid Cudi
Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi
Lil’ Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr
MIA
Mathangi Arulpragasam
Tupac
Lesane Parish Crooks
P. Diddy
Sean John Combs
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr.
Notorious B.I.G
Christopher George Latore Wallace
Big Boi
Antwan André Patton
Ice Cube
O’Shea Jackson
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm
Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle
RZA (Wu-Tang Clan)
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs
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