Have you ever wonder how the Hip-hop artists come up with such one-of-a-kind stage names? Lizzo Lizzo shot to fa...
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Have you ever wonder how the Hip-hop artists come up with such one-of-a-kind stage names?
Lizzo
Lizzo shot to fame since her single "Truth Hurts" in 2019, although the singer has worked in the music industry for a long time before.
Her real name was Melissa Viviane Jefferson. At first, she thought about the stage name as "Lissa". At that time, a song of Jay Z called "Izzo" (H.O.V.A) went viral at that time, which was the inspiration for her to come up with Lizzo.
Doja Cat
Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini is also known as Doja Cat, an American singer and rapper. Her first audio album named Amala which released back in 2018 and shot the first bullet to her successful career.
Her stage name is quite simple. "Doja" - is a taboo for canabis while "Cat" is simply because she like cats.
Cardi B
Cardi B is one of the funniest female rappers. During the past few years, she is truly a hitmaker with tons of successful songs.
However, not everyone knows about the origin of Cardi's stage name. Her real name is Belcalis Almanzar, which is Arabic words relevant to Queen Sheba. "Cardi" is simply a short term of Bacardi, a kind of rums.
Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X become famous after the hit "Old Town Road" had the most No.1 Billboard Hot 100 weeks. He definitely is one of the rappers with the most unique stage names.
Lil's real name is Montero Lamar Hil. Before fame, he was a secret fan of Nicki Minaj and the owner of a Twitter account @Nas Maraj. When he started composing music, he combined the "Nas" and "Lil (because he believed Hip-hop artists usually has the "Lil" in their names). "X" is the years that Lil Nas expects to be considered as "legend".
Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea is an Australian rapper. She was born in Sydney and raised in Mullumbimby, then moved to the United States when she was 16 years old to chase her music dream.
The real name of Black Widow's rapper is Amethyst Amelia Kelly. In sharing about her stage name, she said that Iggy is the name of her beloved pet dog, while "Azalea" is a street's name in Australian.
Nicki Minaj
Becoming famous in 2010, Nicki Minaj has succeeded in building her own reputation in the music industry, as well as inspired to many younger generations. Her real name is Onika Tanya Maraj.
For the reasons for her change, Nicki shared in her 2012 interview with Guardian that she was forced to take that stage name. The record company which signed with her for the first album wanted her to be called as Minaj.
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. sounds so weird and strange, but the name Snoop Dogg is a famous American hip-hop rapper, singer, music producer and actor. His music career started in 1992 when being recognized by Dr. Dre.
His stage name, Snoop Dogg was actually came up in his mind when Snoop's father said that his son looked like a cartoon puppy character.
