These Celebrities Don't Actually Use Their Real Names

Cardi B

Though she goes by Cardi B professionally, the "Bodak Yellow" singer was born Belcalis Almanzar. "B" is short for Bacardi, like the brand of rum. Her sister's name is Hennessy, "so everyone used to call me Bacardi, and I started calling myself Bacardi, which eventually was shorted to Cardi B," she told Jimmy Fallon. 

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The More You Know

  • Kanye West used to work at the Gap.
  • Soon after moving to New York City, Madonna worked at a Dunkin' Donuts. She was fired after one week for messing with the jelly machine.
  • 35 minutes before Elvis Presley was born, his mother gave birth to his stillborn identical twin.
  • Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear.
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