The Weeknd is performing during the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show and a question we’re sure will be on many people’s mind is: what is his real name?
The 30-year-old singer, who will turn 31 in two weeks, was obviously not born with his stage name and he previously opened up about how he came up with the name. The Weeknd was born with the name Abel Tesfaye and he is from Toronto, Canada.
He’s the only child of Ethiopian immigrants who moved to the country in the late 1980s. After his parents split, he was raised by his mother and grandmother. Click inside to find out how The Weeknd chose his stage name… Back in 2013, The Weeknd did a Reddit AMA and explained how he came up with his stage name. “I left home when I was about 17 dropped out
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