South African rapper David Junior Ngcobo, better known as Nasty C, has revealed that he is considering changing his stage name.
In an interview with Madame Joyce in London, the rapper admitted that his popular moniker has no meaning, explaining that he randomly put letters together.
He further confessed that he lied in the past about how the name came about, claiming it was inspired by his first producer who allegedly called him “Nasty Cat.”
Nasty C said, “It’s random. I just put a bunch of letters together and I started making words out of it, and then I picked that one. I have no idea what the name means or what it stands for.
“There’s a story I used to tell people. The first guy to ever record me was very close to my big brother. He was having a session and I was supposed to go next and he was telling the guy he just recorded like, ‘Yo, there’s this kid… He’s really dope. He’s a Nasty Cat.’ Then I took the ‘AT’ out of Cat to form ‘Nasty C.’
“But it’s a lie. I just wanted to have a story and I wanted to mention that guy’s name because he really did help me start my career. My stage name is just vibe. I want to change it now.”
