What's in A Name?

Real Talk On Godtalk

This week’s Real Talk question asks: how important are names? YaYa and TRUTH switch gears for a bit of celebrity chit-chat, diving into the drama surrounding country artist Collin Obina Chibueze, better known by his stage name, “Shaboozey.” The Nigerian-American performer’s stage name is essentially a mispronunciation of his family’s native Igbo surname, which means “God is ruler, God is king.” After his name was used as a running gag at the 2024 Country Music Awards, the interwebz was in an uproar! With many different opinions about the implications of pronouncing and mispronouncing of ethnic names—- the real talk question of this week asks.. just how important are names? Religious texts across beliefs have a thing with names, with The Bible mentioning over a dozen names of God, lists names in genealogies, and has characters that meaningfully change names in both the old and New Testament— they gotta count for something. Then for the Moon reading, YaYa is starting a series preparing for the winter solstice ways we can fortify our body, minds and sprit for the darker days ahead.