- Rap Name
Infobox Single
Name = Rap Name
Cover size = 130
Caption = Vinyl cover to the single "Rap Name"
Artist =Obie Trice
Album = 8 Mile Soundtrack, Deluxe Edition Bonus Disk
Released = Start date|2002|10|22
Format = CD, 12-inch vinyl
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:40
Label = Shady/Interscope
Producer =
Last single =
This single = "Rap Name"
(2002)
Next single = "Got Some Teeth "
(2003)
Misc ="Rap Name" is the first single by
Obie Trice .Background
At the time Obie Trice was just signed to
Shady Records and was featured on Eminem's album "The Eminem Show ", the film "8 Mile" and "The Anger Management" Tour. Shady released this song as promotional single for the newly-signed rapping upstart but Obie was sent to jail before he could record what would be "Cheers".ong Lyrics
The first lines explains most of the song material and Obie's presence in Hip-Hop. The line "real name, no gimmicks" refers to the fact that he uses his real name and not an alias. He makes references to
Eminem and how he has signed mostly black rappers ("I got the white boys mad at me caused Em signed another black boy like he nigga-happy"). He also references other things likePamela Anderson , "Mad Max ", "Down to Earth", "Rocky" andEric B. & Rakim .Music Video
A music video was made for this which features the same intro from the "Without Me" video. It shows Obie Trice going for his
driver's license but drives recklessly and crashes in a pole in his neighborhood. It also features cameos from Eminem, D12 (minus Bizarre) andDJ Green Lantern .ee also
* "
The Eminem Show "
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