Because he was a con man
Stephen Belafonte changed his surname from Stansbury to Belafonte to honor his mother's Jamaican heritage and to align himself with his stepfather, singer Harry Belafonte. The change was also a personal decision to create his own identity separate from his father.
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No and his real last name is Stansbury not Belafonte.
No Stephen Belafonte(real last name Stansbury) is not David's son. Stephen changed his last name to Velafonte after he hooked up with Mel B to cover up his shady past and to make people assume he was related to singer Harry Belafonte.
His parents are not famous. His real last name is Stansbury, he changed his last name to cover up for his shady past and also to get people to assume he was related to Harry Belafonte, unfortunately for Harry people do assume he is his grandson.
His parents are not famous. His real last name is Stansbury, he changed his last name to cover up for his shady past and also to get people to assume he was related to Harry Belafonte, unfortunately for Harry people do assume he is his grandson.
David Belafonte's birth name is David Michael Belafonte.
Harry Belafonte's birth name is Harold George Belafonte Jr..
No he does not have any relation to Harry Belafonte. There are 3 male heirs alive to legally carry the name Belafonte. Harry Belafonte and his son David Belafonte and David's young son. Mr. Belafonte's parents came up with and changed the last name to Belafonte and therefore the only people who have that last name are the direct descendents of Harry Belafonte's mother.
Marguerite Belafonte's birth name is Frances Marguerite Byrd.
Helene Stanton's birth name is Eleanor Stansbury.
He didn't want to be confused with Frederick Douglass.
Stephen Locascio's birth name is Stephen LoCascio.
Stephen Aintree's birth name is Stephen Murphy.