NWH

This fictitious rap group was invented for the 1994 mockumentary film Fear of a Black Hat. Its members were the main characters of the film, Ice Cold (Rusty Cundieff), Tasty Taste (Larry B. Scott), and Tone Def (Mark Christopher Lawrence).

The group’s initials stand for “Niggaz With Hats.” The band members wear flamboyant headwear onstage during their performances. Ice Cold explains that it’s part of their whole philosophy:

Back in the day when there was slaves and stuff, they had to work in the hot sun all day. Hatless. Not even a babushka … So by the time they got back to the plantation, from bein' in all the heat, they was too tired to rebel against they masters, right? So what we sayin' with Niggaz With Hats is, “Yo, we got some hats now, motherfuckers!”

The name also parodies N.W.A.