Alicia Keys Was Almost ‘Alicia Wild’

Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello-Cook, so it makes a little sense that she would mix it up a little in her professional life. But she almost mixed it the wrong way.

Initially, when Alicia was picking her stage name, she was flipping through the dictionary and landed on “wild”. She liked the ring of Alicia Wild, but her mom told her, “It sounds like you’re a stripper.”

So instead Alicia opted for Keys.

“It’s like the piano keys,” says Alicia, whose new disc, As I Am, just dropped. “And it can open so many doors.”

You never think about an artist’s stage name until you hear what might have been. Thank goodness Alicia’s mom was there to set her straight – Alicia Wild does work at the strip joint down the street. Alicia Keys is bit more classy.

Source: “Singer Alicia Keys Admits That’s Not Her Real Name “ [Us Weekly]

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Alicia Keys Was Almost ‘Alicia Wild’

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