For example, Aubrey Drake Graham changed his name toDrakeafter embracing the middle name his father gave him.
“His reasoning behind it, I’m not so sure.
“I just really loved the name and I embraced it my whole life.”
But sometimes, many musicians defy the idea of a stage name.
The legendaryBarbra Streisandis one singer in particular that almost went by a very different stage name.
“I thought, ‘What?
Streisand is my name.
I don’t want to change it,” she explained.
“Sands” totally doesn’t fit the singer’s image whatsoever.
“I am neither too sweet or too saucy,” the singer hilariously concluded.
That’s not to say Streisand’s first name hasn’t changed though.
