name change

NBA star and aspiring MC Ron Artest has announced that he intends to change his name. According to a spokesman for the L.A. Lakers, the 31-year-old forward has filed official paperwork to change his name to Metta World Peace. "My understanding is 'Metta' will be his first name and 'World Peace' will be his last," Lakers spokesman John Black revealed...

After experiencing a spiritual transformation and becoming born again, Malice of Virginia "coke rap" outfit the Clipse has announced that he will be changing his MC name. No longer identifying with his malicious moniker, Malice revealed in a recent interview that he will be attempting to "clean up a bit" by using a new name to represent the change in his persona...

This week, Diddy would like you to call him Swag. The entertainment mogul, who has gone through several name changes throughout this career -- including, Puff Daddy and P. Diddy -- had the brilliant idea to don a new moniker, for the week...

Four years ago, in the midst of serving a 10-year sentence for a now-infamous New York club shooting involving Sean "Diddy" Combs, word got out that Shyne had formally converted to Judaism and changed his name to Moses Levi. Now free, and the subject of a new cover story in 'XXL' magazine, Shyne has explained what the conversion and name change was all about...

Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish are commonly known as The Cool Kids, but that might be changing in the near future due to some vague ongoing legal issues. The rumored change, to Chuck & Mike, has been swirling around among industry insiders and across the Internet since early April, but fans were left in the dark as to the specific reasoning. At...

It looks like Jay-Z will take Beyonce's last name -- if you believe the rumormill, that is. According to the British tabloid, The Daily Star, Jay will carry on his wife's family name, Knowles, by adding it to his own. The change will allegedly take place to keep the Knowles' name alive since Beyonce's parents only have daughters...