J Balvin Reveals His Surprising Original Stage Name

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J Balvin's original stage name and the wings on  have one big thing in common: spice. In a recent episode of First We Feast's , Balvin reveals what his artist name was supposed to be.«Speaking of Scotch Bonnet,» Balvin says before eating his next wing covered in the chili pepper-infused sauce. «You know, that was supposed to be my artist name?» The revelation clearly takes host Sean Evans by surprise, but as the Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist explains, when searching for a stage name, a rapper friend of his thought he should have something «spicy.»«He was like, 'Bro, you should have a name, like, you know, a spicy name, like Scotch Bonnet,'» Balvin says with a laugh. «And this is the first time that I actually get to see what he was.