Why do some rappers put “Lil” in front of their names? There’s:
Lil Kim
Lil Wayne
Lil John
Lil Flip
Lil Bow Wow
I know that “Lil” is used in the place of “little”, but why? Is it really that hard to add in those 3 letters that are missing? Does that extra syllable really make someone so tired that they just can’t bear the thought of pronouncing it? WHY???
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you, my friend, are a mind reader.
Not sure on the Lil’ thing but anything with an ing ending I always knock off the g while pronouncing. For example: smokin’, fishin’, goin’.
Yep, I am just too tired once I get to the n of the word that I knock that g right off!
Waaaait a minute…
Is “Lit’l Smokey” somehow exempt? I suppose it does have at least one t, not to mention an apostrophe…nevermind.
FYI Bow Wow dropped the Lil a few years ago and would be pissed if you knew you were still using it.
Blythe: I know this. I read your mind.
Step Right Up: What’s become of us as a society? Why are we so lazy?
Monicker: God damn it! I didn’t even think of that. I’m as retarded as these rappers, but at least I can use an apostrophe.
Eric: Please don’t tell him! I don’t want him to come after me. I’m frightened.
I feel it is comes from hip hops adherence to the traditions of merry ole England.
I’m not as concerned about the spelling as much as the fact that all these people want to be ‘Lil.’ Why would anyone want to be ‘Lil’ in the first place?
Piggybacking on what SRU said, my voice and speech professor (I got my Master’s in Acting) theorizes that in 100 years, no one will pronounce the “g” at the end of such words as swimming, running, etc. and we’ll have future generations wondering why on earth those words are spelled with a “g”.
Because “little” is so not gangsta. Ya hurd?
i guess if i become a rap artist, i gotta change my name from “mini jon b” to “Lil Jon B” … that’s gonna suck.