“I used to make videos on YouTube under the name Priscilla Renea, which is still me still in there,” Long told Blavity.

While Long has never done a formal reintroduction for her followers, she said she sometimes notices people realizing that they’ve seen her before. One of the people who had such an epiphany was singer Monica. The veteran songstress invited Long to join her on an episode of Family Feud, but before that, the two linked up in Atlanta and got to talking when it all hit Monica.

“My government name is Priscilla. So I kept saying that,” Long said. “[Monica] was like, ‘why do you keep saying, Priscilla? Wait a minute — Muni Long is Priscilla Renea. Oh my God.’ Like she just had a moment where she was just like, ‘this whole time I’ve been sitting here around you and I didn’t know that y’all were the same person.’”

Long has earned quite the treasure trove of accolades as Priscilla Renea, but the transformation to Muni Long allowed her to feel more authentically herself.

“Honestly, Muni Long is who I actually am like, when I’m with my friends, but that’s just my personality. Super funny and like, sassy, witty, whatever,” Long said. “I think I had to just tuck that person away and be professional to last as a songwriter. You know, Priscilla Renea is like goody two shoes, you know, a student. And I had to be that person for a very long time. But that’s not who I actually really am. So, Muni Long is just me finally getting to kind of just like, okay, you know, be me, I’m super happy and just like, I feel free now.”

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