Q 01/05
A) Melissa Johnson
B) Melinda Jackson
C) Melanie Jenkins
D) Melissa Jefferson
Answer · why
She was born Melissa Viviane Jefferson on April 27, 1988. The stage name came later, as a teenage nickname.
Q 02/05
A) Houston
B) Minneapolis
C) Detroit
D) Chicago
Answer · why
She spent her first decade in Michigan before the family moved to Texas, where she went through school.
Q 03/05
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 18
Answer · why
That same year she started classical training on the instrument that would become her trademark, and kept it up for eight years.
Q 04/05
A) Coco
B) Fiona
C) Sasha
D) Bella
Answer · why
Sasha Flute has her own Instagram account and regularly comes out mid-set for a solo.
Q 05/05
A) Nelly
B) Ludacris
C) Eminem
D) Jay-Z
Answer · why
The nickname stuck at age 14, around the time she formed her first musical group with school friends.
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