in an interview with chris edwards, for offshore echoes, rosko explained: "i used to listen to a guy named roscoe, who used to listen to a guy called boscoe and the double-syllable name ending in "o" was synonymous with rhythm and rhyme which was a precursor to rap. i also used to listen to several other people like wolfman, tom donahue, etc. so i took a little bit of everybody and became emperor rosko to distinguish myself from all the others."