Talk:MC Eiht

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[edit] MC Eiht spelling justification

The stage name intentionally leaves out the letter "g" in "eight" to convey that Eiht is not a G, i.e. as a symbolic repudiation of the gangsta ethos. Where does this come from? Do we have a source for this? The above statement would actually seem to stem from some of DJ Quik's lyrics where he pans the missing letter "g" in his diss track Dollaz + Sense:

Givin' your set a bad name with your misspelt name.

E, I, H, T, now should I continue?

Yeah, you left out the G 'cause the G ain't in you.

I've only seen one interview from 2004 in which MC Eiht has responded to questions about why he left out the "g" (http://thugradio.net/mceihtinterview.html):

D: How did you get the name MC Eiht?

MC Eiht: Comin' from the era I came from everybody was Rap Master This or Fresh This or Kid Ice This or whatever so I just wanted to be different. KRS-ONE was the only rapper at the time symbolizin' himself with a number by sayin' he was number one. So I basically just came up with MC Eiht just tryin' to be different. You know 8Ball, .38 strap just tryin' to relate the number eight to the hood orientation of it. You know we sold 8Ball, 8-tracks, we packed .38 straps, so MC Eiht.

D: Is there any reason you left out the "G"?

MC Eiht: No reason.

I am going to remove that statement until we have a source that can prove otherwise. 210.84.41.157 (talk) 08:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)