Was calling himself that in 1999, and really before that to people around him, didn’t give Himself said name, just the shortened version

@Tjacks326 Your definitely right, but I don’t really remember anyone (at least in my area) calling him “Hova/Hov” until around blueprint

@TheQuantrix Yeah , in Philly we was calling him hov around 99/2000 well hova and that’s before i even knew about the tie to jehova just thought it was a fire rap name