12. "RE: What's The Meaning Behind Your OKP Handle? " In response to In response to 0
As much as people here accuse other people of having "aliases", my screen name is not in reference to not having an "alias" account.
I've been using the stage name "N/A (No Alias)" for 12 years now. At the time when I first switched my moniker (I was previously going by "Frush", short for "Frushtrated") I was tired of the name and being associated with frustration, and I didn't want to come up with another name that would be limiting to what I represent musically. I had liked the idea of being listed as "N/A" as an artist/producer name, and making it stand for No Alias, and that's what I've rolled with since then.
Nowadays, for Google and name recognition purposes (googling "N/A" brings up a bunch of results that aren't referring to me) and also because there is another beatmaker out there named No Alias, I'm straying away from that name and plan to go with something more distinctive. When I resurface with new music, I plan on going by Naj Ahead (the initials are still N/A...I don't want people who are familiar with my music to be too thrown off with the name change.) As a person who enjoys playing with words, I like the name and what it means.