2020 has been quite the year for Xtina. The singer just celebrated the 10 year anniversary of her underrated pop masterpiece Bionic.
Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of her Spanish language album Mi Reflejo, Legendtina revealed to Billboard that once upon a time execs wanted her to adopt a stage name.
“I remember when I was first coming up, there was a big debate around me on changing my last name because all the businessmen around me thought it was too long, too complicated, and too ethnic.”
She went on to add:
“‘Christina Agee’ was an option, but that clearly wasn’t going to fly. I was dead set against the idea and I wanted to represent who I really was. Being Latina, it is a part of my heritage and who I am.
There was another time in my childhood when I was being asked to legally change my name to my stepfather’s to be legally adopted and I was again dead set against it. I’ve been fighting for my last name my whole life.”
I’m glad she stuck with her gut and refused to change her last name, because Christina Agee ain’t a cute name at all. We should embrace all of our differences, and if it’s too difficult for these men in suits to pronounce, then they need to take the time to learn how to accurately say her name.
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