You Don't Know My Name...

Shocker! Alicia Keys isn’t her real name (please insert sarcastic tone here)! Her real name is Alicia Aguello-Cook and she uses Keys as her stage name. She says that when she was first looking for a name she thumbed through the dictionary and came upon Wild. She was going to go with Alicia Wild until her mom said, "It sounds like you're a stripper." Gotta Love moms for their unfettered honesty. I'm so glad she listened to mom dukes. Then again I suppose wild ain't so bad. Since she was using the dictionary for a name she could have come across any number of unsuitable monikers. What about Alicia Acne, or Alicia Dyke...those could have tanked her career before it ever got off the ground.

Excuse me while I go sit in the corner for that last comment. Sighs...