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      • Ron Artest was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers when he decided to change his name to Metta World Peace during the 2011 offseason, according to CBS Sports. "I changed my name because I got tired of Ron Artest," he told The Los Angeles Times ' Bill Plaschke at the time. "And when fans get mad at me, they can't say, 'I hate World Peace.'"
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    Jun 2, 2024 · In 2011, he changed his legal name to Metta World Peace. According to a 2011 Los Angeles Times report, the first name Metta “is a Buddhist term that means loving kindness and...

  4. www.nbcsports.com › nba › newsMetta World Peace says he changed name to Metta Sandiford-Artest

    May 8, 2020 · When I’d seen Ochocinco changed his name – and it was four years before I did mine – I was like, “Yo, that’s dope. I’ve got to do that.” At first, I originally was going to be – so it was going to be “Queensbridge” and then “So Hood.”

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Metta_Sandiford-ArtestMetta Sandiford-Artest - Wikipedia

    In 2011, Artest legally changed his name to Metta World Peace, and continued to play with the Lakers until 2013, when he signed with the New York Knicks. After a year of hiatus from the NBA, he returned to the Lakers for his final seasons in 2015 before retiring in 2017.

  7. www.msn.com › en-us › sportsMetta World Peace Explains Name Change From Ron Artest

    In a recent interview on The LADE Show with Lamar Odom, World Peace went into further detail on why he changed his name: “So I was going through a lot, honestly, and then I also submitted...

  8. www.foxnews.com › sports › ex-nba-star-metta-worldEx-NBA star Metta World Peace reveals new name change

    May 5, 2020 · Former NBA star Metta World Peace announced Sunday he has yet another new name. He had changed his name from Ron Artest to Metta World Peace prior to the start of the 2011-12 season with the...

  9. www.basketballnetwork.net › latest-news › mettaMETTA WORLD PEACE CHANGED HIS NAME AGAIN: “I took my wife's ...

    May 5, 2020 · After nine years of being World Peace, the former Lakers forward has changed his name once again and may have become the first player in league’s history to do so. He is keeping his first name Metta, which is a Buddhist term meaning “loving kindness.”