When Pusha T revealed that his debut album would be titled My Name Is My Name, the Clipse rapper explained that the inspiration for the album title came from Marlo Stanfield, a character from HBO’s critically-acclaimed series, “The Wire.”
On “The Wire,” Stanfield, played by Jamie Hector, gave a speech where he shouts, “My name is my name,” referring to his credibility in the streets.
In a recent interview with The Urban Daily, Hector shared his thoughts on Pusha drawing inspiration from his character’s statement.
“I was in California at the time and I got a text saying, ‘Did you hear that Pusha song?’” Hector said. “When I heard that he named the album that, I was like ‘It’s true, bruh. Pusha T is your name and that’s what everybody is going to remember, so you have to carry that weight.’ I appreciated it.”
Hector explained the mental state “The Wire’s” producer told him to get in for the scene where he made the aforementioned statement.
“If IBM or Apple or any major corporation did not that know their name was being dragged through the mud, they would be pissed off with their employees when they found out, because your name is everything,” he said. “It holds its weight and that’s what brought the intensity for me to do that scene.”
Watch the interview below:
The crime drama “The Wire,” created by David Simon, appeared on HBO from 2002 through 2008. The series featured several actors, including Dominic West, John Doman, Wendell Pierce and Deirdre Lovejoy. The program earned Primetime Emmys in 2005 and 2008 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The series also won the AFI Award for TV Program of the Year in 2004, 2007 and 2009.
My Name Is My Name is Pusha T’s debut album, both as a solo artist and a GOOD Music artist.
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This is a “story” then??????? I had this shit pointless shit read in 30 seconds. Shame on you HHDX
Get a load of this guy! Mr I can read fast.
you the shit.
bruh how you read so fast you like usain bolt bruh read through that article damn that got to be like some world record you need to go on that gunius world record show bruh you be something special.
Ask me do I care? This aint hiphop faggot.
First off, no homo, second of all Isaiah Rashad is the best rapper of all time, second of all Welcome To The Game is the best mixtape/album of the year, third of all Peyton Manning is unstoppable, fourth of all image Peyton Manning trying to freestyle rap lol, fifth of all kendrick and isaiah rashad are going to make a full album together next year if isaiah rashad can get a decent amount of popularity by then don’t ask me how i know this just trust it.
sorry i didnt mean to say album i meant EP
marlo from the wire > pusha t faggot ass 40 yr old rap loser coke rhymes on trash beats
album stinks. album is gonna flop ridiculously hard and you will never see or hear of pusha t again. rap is for low lives.
36 bruh get your facts right you aint as smart as our speed reader below.
yet you took time out of your day to post about a rapper on a website about rap…
This is not Pusha T’s debut album.
no its not read the fucking words after the comma retard. Might make more sense to you hopefully.
Both are wrong. This is Pusha T’s first solo album. So, this is his debut technically.
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Nobody cares about the wire
You MUST be 13
You must be smoking crack because “The Wire” is up there with “The Sopranos” & “Breaking Bad” for the Greatest TV Dramas Of All Time. It’s one of the few shows that had a realistic depiction of the streets. I’m from Baltimore & can vouch on that.