Names of Shame: Niggalas Cage
By Maurice Garland • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Names of Shame 42 views
Its no secret that rappers are often inspired by movies. The Notorious B.I.G. got both his Biggie Smalls and Black Frank White aliases from movies. You saw how every rapper on MTV Cribs had a picture of Scarface on their wall too. But, this time eh…its probably gone too far.
Over the last few months the name Niggalas Cage has popped up on songs featuring Ne-Yo and Akon. Now, this either means that Ol’ St. Nigg has some bread or he’s managed to steal a couple tracking demos from the studio. Or maybe he is some industry dude with resources just messing around. Either way, whoever this guy is, he should consider a name change if he wants his career to go beyond random zshare links and youtubes. Because really, his music isn’t that bad. Its in the same lane as what Fabolous does when he needs a radio hit.
Question, if a White person really likes this Niggalas’ music, are they allowed to refer to him by name? Or does the Chris Rock rule still apply?
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Niggalas Cage feat. Ne-Yo-”Be On You”
Niggalas Cage feat. Akon-”You’re The Reason Why”
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