Black Twitter's Best Screen Names

(The Root) — The black folk on Twitter are a wildly creative bunch. This has been proved time and time again with hilarious hashtags, like #BlackBuzzFeed and #PaulasBestDishes. They also have a penchant for cleverly remixing famous names to make them funnier. We saw this when Chris Brown subtweeted Rihanna, and we see it every…

(The Root) — The black folk on Twitter are a wildly creative bunch. This has been proved time and time again with hilarious hashtags, like #BlackBuzzFeed and #PaulasBestDishes. They also have a penchant for cleverly remixing famous names to make them funnier. We saw this when Chris Brown subtweeted Rihanna, and we see it every day in people's screen names.

Video will return here when scrolled back into view

From "Hoelivia Pope" to "Slimi Hendrix," black Twitter puts as much thought into its handles as it does its hashtags. The latest trend, which I love, is to put "Bae" into regular names ("Bae," of course, being the best black pet name there is). Check out some of our favorite black Twitter handles!

1. W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois

https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/361500587805786113

Webbie meets the Talented Tenth.

2. Bae Dawn Chong

https://twitter.com/CeliesTwoFangas/status/361529231433404416

"Bae! Who dis woman?"

3. Olivia Dope

https://twitter.com/IrepFQP/status/361589124530053120

Her white hat is doper than your white hat.

4. Afroanna Puffington

https://twitter.com/BabylonSista/status/361520774697320449

Like Arianna, but blacker.

5. Trillis Hyman

https://twitter.com/dopegirlfresh/status/361341387851051008

6. Petty Shabazz

https://twitter.com/britters_43/status/361609779984089089

7. Perverta Flack

https://twitter.com/perverta_flack/status/361268821690028033

You've got a friend — with benefits.

8. Chillie Holiday

https://twitter.com/HollehMarie/status/360803661514948608

Southern trees bear so much chill.

9. Bae-Z

https://twitter.com/ImPepperAnne/status/361615770008027136

Wonder if there's a Bae Ivy out there somewhere?

10. Dilly! Dilli! Dillé!

https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/360802148470095874

Shout out to Tony! Toni! Toné!

11. Flair Huxtable

https://twitter.com/rmichaelthomas/status/361620198933020674

Just when we thought Clair couldn't get any flashier.

12. Trillary Clinton

MY ONLY ACTIVISM RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO GRADUATE WITHOUT DEBT AND GO TO LAW SCHOOL IN A FAILING LAW MARKET. FIX THAT AND THEN WE CAN TALK.

— Trillary Clinton (@mofiwe) July 26, 2013

Kind of redundant since Hillary's already the trillest. Dope, nonetheless.

13. Chilly D. Williams

https://twitter.com/So_CHiLLY/status/354268026616561664

Cool just got cooler.

14. Rudy Bae Moore

https://twitter.com/fromoldharlem/status/361331817263017985

King of the baesploitation film.

15. Montel Trilliams

https://twitter.com/ReekSkeezy/status/361549695736233987

Random, but hilarious!

Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.

Straight From The Root

Sign up for our free daily newsletter.