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It probably doesn’t come as a huge shock that not all celebrities use their real names. In fact, some of the legal names on stars’ birth certificates may surprise you. That being said, when it comes to celeb nicknames and stage names, Questlove is one of the most ones memorable around. The Roots drummer opened up about his iconic moniker to Billboard, revealing that he wasn’t always known by that name. “On our very first album [1993’s Organix], I was credited as ‘B.R.O. the R.? (Beat Recycler of the Rhythm),'” The Roots drummer explained. He obviously wasn’t impressed by the title, adding, “For every reason, that couldn’t stand.”
After the band’s first album came out, the performer settled on the name fans would come to know him by. “The Questlove name (or ?uestlove if you’re feeling punctuational) grew from the seed of A Tribe Called Quest, though I watered it with my own questions about self-knowledge and searching.” Questlove continued, “[A Tribe Called Quest] helped name me, and now I name them for what they were, are and always will be: one of the brightest constellations in hip-hop’s endless sky.”
Written by: Nicki
