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Singer Alicia Keys Admits That's Not Her Real Name
Monday November 12, 2007
Alicia Keys arrives at Conde Nast Media Group's 4th Annual "Black Ball" Concert for "Keep A Child Alive" at Hammerstein Ballroom on October 25, 2007 in New York City.
Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
Monday November 12, 2007
Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
Alicia Keys' mom wasn't exactly fallin' for the professional name her daughter initially wanted.
The NYC-born singer, 27 — née Alicia Augello-Cook — says that she had a tough time figuring out a professional name, so she began thumbing through the dictionary.
She stopped on the word "wild."
But when she ran it past mom, "she said, 'It sounds like you're a stripper,'" Keys reveals in the new issue of Newsweek.
So she went with Keys.
"It's like the piano keys," says Alicia, whose new disc, As I Am, just dropped. "And it can open so many doors."
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Posted by Alissa R at 7:52 am ET
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7:03 PM
Anonymous Says:
8:34 PM
Anonymous Says:
Alicia Keys is a better name that Alicia Wild!
8:25 AM
Anonymous Says:
Alicia is a single now. My brother told me he saw you have a personal profile at an age gap dating site called agemingle.com. Is that you?
4:25 AM
valerie Says:
I think she could get away with pretty much anything we love her for her talent not her name!!!!!
1:46 PM
Anonymous Says:
She's been famous for six years. We knew her name wasn't Keys for a while now. Who the hell thought this title was "catchy" or "news"? The name "Wild" is news... not the fact that Alicia is a Cook, not a true Keys. Fire the idiot who came up with this annoying junk.
8:36 PM
Anonymous Says:
no its keys...
6:56 PM
roo zoo Says:
Isn't it Keyes, not Keys?
4:43 PM
Anonymous Says:
This has been known for some time that Keys is a stage name. She can call herself whatever she wants. I call her overrated.
3:44 PM
Anonymous Says:
B.F.D., UsMagazine!!! Hardly ANY major star uses their entire real name, and it's very common practice to take a stage name.
3:15 PM
Anonymous Says:
It surprized me oh well i love her no matter what her name is!
11:00 AM
Anonymous Says:
That's funny, Thing 1! LMAO! :)
10:30 AM
Thing 1 Says:
Man, I had no idea that wasn't her real name! Wild, that's why we don't let kids name themselves or my name would be Rosie Violet!
10:15 AM
Apple Says:
"Opens so many doors" ahhahahaha..I love it. Wild does sound stripper-y.
9:38 AM
Anonymous Says:
Keys!
Wild is a good name, (sorta. xD) but since we're all used to hearing "Alicia Keys" this & "Alicia Keys" that, it's hard for us to picture "Alicia Wild"...
9:18 AM
Anonymous Says:
WealthyRomance.com is filled with trojan viruses. Do NOT go there
8:42 AM
ao Says:
Alicia is cute and sexy! It seems she is single now! I saw her profile a millionaire dating site called WealthyRomance.com last week! She has a najor crush on good-looking guys, according to officials of that site!
