Alicia Keys’ Mom Thought Her Original Stage Name Sounded Like A “Stripper”

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00:00We were kind of trying to figure out, like, what's the name, right?

00:03I was desperate. I was like, I can't think of anything.

00:05I'm looking through the dictionary. I'm like, come on, the dictionary has to have the name.

00:09Every word is in here. And I get all the way to W.

00:12And I was like, Wild.

00:15How about Alicia Wild?

00:19And my mother was like,

00:21I sound like a stripper.

00:24And I was like, it does kind of sound like a stripper a little bit, huh?

00:27I don't think it's a bad name. I like it.

00:29Okay.