Stage names in the hip-hop industry often carry significant meaning and history, reflecting an artist’s identity and artistic journey. Two notable examples are André 3000 of OutKast and rapper ...

Across history, many Polish artists, musicians, actors and performers have adopted stage names at the start of their professional lives. These slick, glamorous monikers have allowed them to kick-start ...

50 Cent and Rick Ross are prime examples of that. ... Here, XXL explores exactly how the game's top rappers got their stage names. See the Stories of How Rappers Got Their Artist Names.

Artist stage names have been there since the very beginnings of hip-hop. They're used with pride, like a badge or a knight's coat of arms. In the imagination of most people, an artist's name is ...

When Lamar fist began performing, he went by the stage name in K.Dot, However, around 2009, Lamar chose to go by his birth name instead, though still he sometimes uses the alias Kung-Fu Kenny.