STORY BEHIND THE STAGE NAMES OF THESE POPULAR MUSICIANS !

  IGGY AZALEA 

                               

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                                The 'Black Widow' rapper was born in Sydney on June 7,1990 as 'Amethyst Amelia Kelly'. Her Stage name came from the name of her childhood dog , Iggy and the street she grew up,Azalea street,where her family lives to the day. Ain't it crazy giving ownself a Dog's name ...Worth it if it makes you famous... 

     BRUNO MARS

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                      Yes ,he thinks he is not from earth..Peter Gene Hernandez was born on october 8, 1985 in Honolulu , Hawaii.When he was 2, his father nicknamed him 'Bruno' due to his resemblance to professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino. And later added 'Mars' to his name as lot of girls say he is out of this world probably Mars.... 

  BONO

                            

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                                Born on 10 May,1960 as Paul David Hewson, is best known as 'Bono' the lead vocalist of Rock Band  U2. His Friend Gavin Friday nicknamed him BONO VOX , which he disliked at first, however he learned it translates to 'Good Voice' he accepted it and been known as Bono since 1970 and is now a legend .   

 THE WEEKND

                     

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  I "Can't Feel My Face" singer was born as Abel Markkonen Tesfaye on 16 Feb 1990. Known for his signature hairstyle Tesfaye adopted his stage name ' The Weeknd ' after dropping out of high school at 17, and along with fellow crew member ,' left one weekend and never came home '. The spelling was later modified for trademark issue. Man, this guy can make some real music!! 

   LADY GAGA

                          

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                            Stefani Jaonne Angelina Germanotta was born on 28 march,1986.The 'Poker Face' singer is known for her  self-empowering massages,fashion and live
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                                    In 2006, Stefani met music producer Rob Fusari,who comapred her vocal harmonies to Freddie Mercury of Queen .Instead of Hello Fusari used to sing the song Radio Ga Ga ,which was her studio entrance song.Once Fusari texted her as Lady Gaga and she texted back 'That's it' and declared 'Don't evr call me stefani again'. since then its Lady Gaga

  SLASH

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                  The Guitarist with his signature curly hair style and smoking on stage ,popular for intoductory riffs like sweet child o' mine  was born on July 23,1965 as Saul Hudson better known as SLASH in the music industry.he was given the nicname Slash by a family friend as he was ' always in hurry zipping around from one thing to another'.

   SHANIA TWAIN

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The Queen of Country Pop was born on August 28,1965 as Eilleen Regina edwards. When she was 2 ,her parents seperated and her mother married Jerry Twain,an Ojibwa.Jerry adopted Eilleen and her siblings and legally changed their last name to Twain.After phases of struggle in her career she fainally changed her name to Shania ,an ojibwa word which means 'On my Way' in 1994 and made it big from there on.   

  WIZ KHALIFA   

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                          Wiz Khalifa ,an American Songwriter,recording artist and actor was born on september 8,1987 as Cameron Jibril Thomaz. His stage name is derived from Khalifa,an arabic word for successor and wisdom,which was shortened to wiz.He was called as 'young wiz' by his muslim Granddad 'cause he was good at evrything.He also releaased the song 'See you Again'as a tribute to Paul Walker.

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