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The surprising real names of musicians
Many singers have changed their names in order to break into the music industry.
But you probably aren't familiar with how they ended up with their current monikers.
Singers like Halsey and Frank Ocean have said they didn't like their birth names and decided to change them.
Lady Gaga — Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born and raised in New York City. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
In the October 2013 issue of Elle magazine the singer said she changed her name because Stefani is "a perpetually tortured artist" that she can't be in public.
Cardi B. — Belcalis Almanzar
In 2016, the singer tweeted that people called her Bacardi growing up because her sister's name is Hennessy.
"It was my Instagram name, Bacardi, Bacardi B.," the singer told Jimmy Fallon in 2017. She eventually shortened it.
"But for some reason, my Instagram kept getting deleted, and you know what, I think it was Bacardi that had something to do with it," she added. "So I just shortened it to Cardi B."
Lil Nas X — Montero Lamar Hill
"It's been my internet alias for a minute," said the artist in a 2019 interview with Beats 1, according to HotNewHipHop.com.
"The X wasn't included at first. It was just Lil Nas," he continued. "It was Lil Nas because when I first started rapping I wasn't as serious so it was like, 'Okay, every rapper's name is starting with Lil lately.' So I kind of got stuck with it."
He said he added the "X" when he was more serious.
"It would stand for the amount of years, I felt, until I'm at the status where I'm considered legendary," said the rapper of the meaning behind the "X."
Halsey — Ashley Frangipane
"I didn't like being Ashley Frangipane," Halsey told Rolling Stone in 2016. "It was a person I thought was weak and silly and sad."
Halsey is an anagram of her first name. She came up with the name after seeing a subway stop in Brooklyn for Halsey Street.
The Weeknd — Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
Makkonen is The Weeknd's father's name, who, according to Rolling Stone, left when he was just 1 or 2 years old.
In a 2016 Reddit AMA, the singer said he disliked his name, and, after dropping out of school, and leaving home one weekend, he tried out the moniker.
"It sounded cool. I took out the 'e' because there was already a Canadian band named the weekend (copyright issues)," he said.
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