What remains in a name? For these stars, a lot.
Because if you ever questioned how their names appeared too great to be real is because, well, they are. Indeed, much of your preferred stars changed up their names prior to they increased to superstardom. Why? Well, for some, their fans had a tough time remembering their names. And, for others, it’s just a youth label they didn’t wish to shake. (Yes, we’re taking a look at you Miley Cyrus, who lawfully altered her name from Destiny Hope Cyrus in 2008.
But regardless the factor, a lot of popular faces have actually chosen to transform themselves.
For Frank Ocean (born: Christopher Edwin Breaux), altering his name “was the most empowering shit I did in 2010, for sure,” he confessed. “It just felt cool. None of us are our names. If you don’t like your name, then change your name…I’ll be boarding planes as Christopher Francis Ocean.”
