Noname Drops 'Gypsy' From Her Artist Moniker

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Throughout a career artist will grow in their ideals, learn new things, and just mature as a person. One artist who's rose through the ranks of talent from Chicago Noname is one such person who's making changes as she grows. She took to twitter today, March 18th, to announce that she would be dropping 'Gypsy' from her artist name and will now simple by addressed as Noname. This change happens as she's come to recognize that 'gypsy' represents a culture of people, saying that it was racially inappropriate.

Earlier this week Noname also tweeted about dropping new music, as fans continue to wait on her long await album "Telefone". Stay tuned for more update on her music in the future.

See everything she has to say below.

I wanted to wait until my website domain name was changed but it is important for me to say this. I am no longer using gypsy in my name.

— Noname (@noname) March 18, 2016

When i first decided what my stage name would be I was unaware of how racially inappropriate and offensive it was to Romani people

— Noname (@noname) March 18, 2016

It was never my intent to harm or offend anyone in any way. That is not what I'm about. I'm sorry for any pain I previously caused.

— Noname (@noname) March 18, 2016