There is nothing more innovative, daring and entertaining than a drag queen — in fact, the only artists who come close to adopting the flair, personas and monikers of drag artists are rappers. Just like a drag queen, when a rapper chooses a name, it’s a special moment in their career. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that drag queens and rappers have names with similar flair. Check out our list of rappers whose names ring like a fearless drag queen — and let’s hope no one’s masculinity gets offended! Being a compared to a drag is truly a compliment — and that is, seriously, no shade.
13 Rappers Whose Names Sound Like Drag Queens was originally published on ioneglobalgrind.staging.go.ione.nyc
1. Juicy J
What more do we have to say? This name screams drag queen who can lip synch for her life to Rihanna’s “Sex With Me.” Keep it juicy!
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2. Fabolous
There is nothing wrong with being a fabulous, even if you spell it differently. We are certain there is a drag queen, somewhere on the globe, with this name — grammatically correct, of course.
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3. French Montana
Any name that ends in a vowel treads drag queen territory, but plugging French to the beginning adds some extra fabulosity. Very Real Housewives of Morocco!
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4. Lupe Fiasco
Mr. Fiasco may not know there was a famous Cuban singer, who is also an LGBT icon, called La Lupe. With that first name and the fever of the last name, Lupe Fiasco sounds like a drag queen who bring all of the high-octane drama.
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5. Silkk The Shocker
Yaaaas, shock the silk panties off! Shock, silk and an extra ‘k’ to spell “silkk” — legendary!
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6. Sugar Tongue Slim
Do we really have to explain?
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7. Tyga
Again, we guarantee you there is a drag queen somewhere on the planet with this name. Actually, slap some lip gloss on Tyga, a proper wig and contour — he could battle with the best of them!
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8. Tum Tum
We don’t know much about the history of this rapper, but Tum Tum is a name that stands out as drag queen friendly. Maybe he has a new career ahead?
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9. Papoose
Papoose, whose real name is Shamele Mackie, is Remy Ma’s husband and the couple is adored on Love & Hip-Hop: New York. This name, which sounds too much like platypus, might be a better fit for a flawless drag queen. Imagine RuPaul saying, “Miss Papoose, sashay you stay…”
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10. Vanilla Ice
Yaaaaas, Miss Vanilla Ice would be a white-hot vixen who lipsynchs to a musical theater version of “Ice Ice Baby.” Tens across the board!
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11. Ice Burgandy
Ice has never had a hit song, but the name is memorable. A drag queen with this name would obviously rock burgundy finger waves and tons of fake ice (jewelry!).
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12. Flo Rida
A perfect name for a drag queen. She flows, she rides with the wind and she slays all her competition!
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13. Krispy Kreme
Yes, there is a rapper named Krispy Kreme, There are so many places we could go with this, but will let your imagine run wild on the power of Krispy Kreme drag queen.
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