The artist formerly known as Master P. has changed his named to P. Miller.
As Master P, the hip-hop mogul won 5 Grammy Awards and sold more than 75 million albums.As CEO of No Limit Entertainment, Percy Miller, as he was born, ran a $665m empire and was ranked 10th highest paid entertainer in 1998 with an income of $56.5m
In a statement Percy said, "I`m changing my name because Master P is who I used to be. I call it my childhood and P. Miller marks my manhood. I wouldn`t change my past because it`s groomed me to be the man I am today. People grow mentally and spiritually through life experiences, but when you come from hip-hop it`s almost impossible to move past the stereotypes associated with it. I`ve branched out into so many different arenas that range from being the first African-American to have a clothing line at Wal-Mart, to writing books, and speaking on Capitol Hill, but all that gets overshadowed because I come from the hip-hop industry. There`re a lot of people out there, who are afraid to grow up and change, but I`m not and P. Miller is the evolution of me, Percy Miller the entrepreneur, the business man."
Last year, Miller and his son Romeo formed Take A Stand Records. The new label features only new, clean-lyric hip-hop records.
