I like when they also say the year. Makes me feel nostalgic when I hear it later.

It can be great! If the radio is on and the first thing of a track I hear is “Jason derulo” or alike I get a nice audio que to turn it off!

UK rappers trying not to mention that they own a Lamborghini Urus and travel around in it with 3-4 random hot girls

At the risk of stating the obvious… It’s so people know who the artist is. It’s the same reason why people use a watermark or signature on visual media.

It’s good documentation praxis, very useful for future archaeologists. I sign all my documents “D to the ro to the lex twenty twenty four”

Then there’s Fatman Scoop who made a living out of repetitively saying his name.