For the past couple of days, the social networks have been all abuzz with a piece of “news” from various sites, blogs and radio stations, including Philly’s Hot 107.9: that hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has merged his last name with his wife Beyoncé’s (and used hers first, at that), meaning he’s officially “Shawn Knowles-Carter.”
When NBA Player Lamar Odom married Kloe Kardashian and ultimately married into the most royal celeb family in America, many people joked that he should change his last name to Lamar Kardashian. So the question is when your woman has a bit more looks, power and admiration, should a man merge his name with his wife’s.
