Don't call me Snoop Dogg! Stars who changed their name
From Gak to Yasiin to - how do you pronounce that one again?
- Prince: In possibly one of the more famous name changes, Prince changed his name to The Love Symbol... AKA a symbol that no one could actually pronounce - and was never introduced to PC keyboards. This meant that he was then called The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. It''s no wonder that he gave up the hassle seven years later and returned to - yes, Prince. Again.
by Grace Carroll | Photos by WENN.com
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Snoop Dogg recently upgraded his name all the way to Snoop Lion, which caused a lot more excitement than it was probably worth. The Dogg is dead, long live the Lion.
While we've all heard the stories of the bands that changed their names in order to make it big - The Quarrymen to The Beatles, Reg Dright to Elton John, Lizzy Grant to Lana Del Rey - but what about the musicians that decided to change their name after they had already scored huge success?
From legal reasons to sheer inanity - yes, The Love Symbol, we're looking at you - we take you through the top ten stars who decided that a change was gonna come...
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