Names -> Music Performer Pseudonyms -> Y
This is a list of names of famous people, who have changed their real name. I'm only looking for music performers, not actors or other famous people. Below are the most recent entries.
Pseudonym | Original Name | Description | Submitted by: | |||
| Ya Kid K | Manuela Kamosi | Bobo | ||||
| Ya Kid K. | Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moasco Djogi | One rap/dance artist formerly of Technotronic | Mastermind | |||
| Yanni | Yanni Chryssomalis Kalamata | He used to date Linda Evans. | newage | |||
| Yanni | Yanni Hrisomallis | According to walshnet.com, his real name. | newage | |||
| Yarbrough & Peoples | Calvin Yarbrough/Alisa Peoples | duo | ||||
| Yella | Antoine Carraby | founding member and producer for gangsta rap group NWA | madscientist | |||
| Yellowman | Winston Foster | Bobo | ||||
| Yma Sumac | Amy Camus | I've read somewhere that the whole story was rather fake. You only have to read her name backwards. | Miura | |||
| Yma Sumac | Zoila Imperatriz Chavarri del Castillo | Peruvian born singer and frequent answer in T.V. Guide's crossword puzzles. | Peru | |||
| Ynot | Toni Craig | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo | |||
| Yo Yo | Yolanda Whitaker | inthe80s.com | ||||
| Yoga Frog | Ritchie Desuasido | Bobo | ||||
| Young Buck | David Brown | wcgold | ||||
| Young Jeezy | Jay Jenkins | Atlanta "trap star" aka "Snowman," founder/CEO of Corporate Thugz Ent. (distributed by Def Jam), came out with Top 5 hit "Soul Survivor" (and there are rumors about him and Keyshia Cole) | peopleschampeezydasnowman | |||
| Young Lay | Lathan Williams | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo | |||
| Young Lay | Lathan Williams | he is from vallejo california | young lay | |||
| Young MC | Marvin Young | Hakim | ||||
| Youth | Martin Glover | Bassist for Killing Joke. | newsound | |||
| Yukmouth | Jerold Ellis Jr. | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo | |||
| Yuri | Yuridia Valenzuela Canseco | A musical prodigy, at age nine she was offered a scholarship to study dance with the Bolshoi Ballet — she declined — and as a teen fronted the group Yuri and the Electric Apple | Bobo | |||
| Yusef Islam | Steven Demetre Georgiou | Was still Cat Stevens before he converted to the Muslim faith. | brit | |||
| Yves Montand | Ivo Livi | French | ||||
| YZ | Anthony Hill | Info from rapdict.org | Bobo |
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