Pop Chart Lab has produced a visually graceful and historically authoritative Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names poster, available for $20. You can view it large here. "266 sobriquets from the world of rap music, arranged according to semantics." (thanks, JG)

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YakHerder

What a labor of love. But no TRUE rap name taxonomy could be complete without…

*KRS-One (Alphanumeric)

*Grandwizzard Theodore (Titles/Honorifics)

*Heavy D (Physical or Metaphysical Attributes–>Size–>Large)

*Phife Dawg (Animal, Vegetable, Mineral–>Animal–>Doggs)

*Grandmaster Melle Mel (Titles/Honorifics–>Masters)(Wordplay–>Repetition)

*Leaders of the New School (Titles/Honorifics–>Schooling)(Physical or Metaphysical Attributes–>Virtues–>Intellect)…

AND MANY MORE!
btb

My favorite semantic grouping is “Guys Named Rob”
Anonymous

Uhhh hello!!! Madlib (Wordplay), DOOM (lol not sure Similarity to Cartoon Character)
Anonymous

aww, $30 to ship a piece of paper to the good old U of K?
Tad Allagash

Eminem is under gustatory, two letters and repetition.

It was reassuring to see the first comment. It means I wasn’t only one spotting who was missing. Impossible task to get everyone of course. This is superb all the same.

I think Dr. Ice should be added. Sue me.
Anonymous

And what self-respecting nexus of hip-hop and nerdery would mistake DJ Dangermouse for MC Dangermouse?!
Anonymous

Where is Eminem? Not under alphanumeric?

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