So-So Topic is now 'Tommy Raps.' And what's in a name exactly? In the music industry, a whole lot.
Tommy Raps, formerly So-So Topic, is still waiting for Erykah Badu to call him back. Aren't we all?Yasiin Bey came to be known as Mos Def, Common Sense became simply"Common," and P. Diddy arrived at his name after earning fame as"Puff Daddy,""Puffy" and, to a few,"Brother Love." Recording artists changing their stage name is a common, valid and even lucrative thing in hip-hop.
In January, he debuted the new name at a live show at Three Links in Deep Ellum. The songwriter, producer and actor came up with the Tommy Raps moniker during a brainstorming session that included the possibility of simply performing under his real name, Tommy Simpson. He'd long been well-known as So-So Topic, a name with which he debuted in 2011, and he had constantly questioned whether rebranding would affect his career after the accolades began accumulating.
The metamorphosis into Tommy Raps allowed him to reintroduce himself with a new rap style. He's not quite as serious in his subjects, and he allows himself to be more lighthearted and lead with charisma. “The new thing is finding balance between my humorous stuff and my very serious stuff and just trying to draw that hard line in the sand like, ‘This is not meant to be funny. If you approach it with a sense of humor, you're probably going to be disappointed by my reaction,’" he says."So, I don't know. Sometimes you got to let people know it's comedy. Sometimes you got to let people know this is PSA, some real stuff that's happening.
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