In 2014, the Ray star told David Letterman that he changed his name so that he could get more stage time as a stand-up comedian.
"I used to do stand-up in a club in LA and I went up and I had a great set and when I had a great set I couldn't get back up for six weeks because comedians ran the list," he said.
"So I go to another place ... and I noticed that like 1000 guys show up and only three girls, but the three girls would always get a spot. So I went to the list and wrote down a unisex name ... Jamie Foxx. And I'm the first guy called. He'd go, 'Jamie Foxx, is she here?' I said, 'No brother, that's me'."
But the comedian told Letterman it took him a while to get used to his new name.
"I really killed [on stage] but people would be like, 'Yo Jamie, yo Jamie!' and I wouldn't respond," he said.
"I forgot that was my name ... People thought I was arrogant."
