 While LaCour's manic performances have made him a fan and college-radio favorite, in equal measure they have drawn the ire of many.LaCour has explained in interview that the spelling and spacing of the epithet that he uses as his stage name was chosen for visceral as well as aesthetic reasons.The artist states, 
"...I started writing it down, like over and over and when I would write it normal like just with the B capitalized it looked ugly, I didn’t like how it looked.