The movie Step Up 2 has been heavily advertised in the weeks leading up to its Valentine’s Day release.

A movie centered around extreme dance moves, it boasts a soundtrack featuring hits from artists such as Flo Rida.

Is it just us, or is this one of the dopiest rap aliases ever? Seriously.

Of course, Rida isn’t the only rapper with a stupid stage name. Join us as we take a look at the best of the worst rap aliases around.

Worst Rapper Names

10. Flo Rida—“Low”
The man who inspired today’s article is Florida-born rapper Tramar Dillard, AKA, Flo Rida. Yeah, we know it’s pronounced so that it sounds like “Flow Rider,” but, c’mon, it’s Florida and we all know it. And that makes us think of Disney World and Spring Break skanks, not hip hop.

9. Ol’ Dirty Bastard
While there is something to be said for truth in advertising, we still feel kinda sorry for Russell Jones for choosing this as his stage name. Then again, he later changed his name to Big Baby Jesus, so maybe this one wasn’t so bad after all…

8. Big Pun
Big Punisher’s nickname is bad on so many levels. Puns are always annoying, and it makes us think of Big Fun, the crappy band from the ‘80s teen flick Heathers (starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater).

7. Chamillionaire—“Not A Criminal”
He may have mouth full of gem-studded grillz, but Chamillionaire’s silly stage name always makes us think of that smarmy little Geiko lizard, sitting around, counting his cash. Yeah, he’s a gecko, not a chameleon, but we don’t care.

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6. Vanilla Ice—“Ice Ice Baby”
Considering the fact that this Surreal Life star’s real name is Robert Van Winkle, maybe changing his name to Vanilla Ice was a lateral move. And he did star in Cool as Ice— one of our favorite Worst Movies Starring Rappers.

5. Snoop Doggy Dogg
Is there anything less tough/cool than a nickname that immediately conjures images of Charlie Brown’s dog? Probably not. Snoop probably has a sense of humor about it though, after all, he did recently propose opening a line of grocery stores called “snoopermarkets.”

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4. Snow—“Informer”
This one-hit rapper from Canada for some reason felt it was necessary to call himself Snow—as though the fact that he was a rapper from Canada wasn’t all the info we needed.

3. Fabolous
If you’re going to spell your name wrong to be cool, then spell it wrong enough that it seems like it was done on purpose rather than as a typo. Fabbolouz, maybe? Or maybe not…

2. Sean Combs

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It is hard to keep up with Combs’ various aliases, but suffice to say, none of them are cool. He’s been known as Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy and Diddy, but we still think the name his mama gave him is the most fitting.

1. Eminem—“Lose Yourself”
Sure, his name is Marshall Mathers, which makes his initials M&M, but that does not make the fact that his stage name makes us think of stale vending machine candy and obnoxious CGI commercial characters any less ridiculous. Now, Reese’s Pieces on the other hand…
Which rapper do you think has the worst name? How about the best name?
Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

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