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Because he was a con man

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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.


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