Bae (surname)

Bae, also sometimes spelled Pae or Pai, is a Korean family name. The South Korean census of 2000 found 372,064 people by this surname, or slightly less than 1% of the population.

裵 is the most common form of hanja for this name. There is also the alternative, 裴, a variant of the former lacking the "stem" at the top. A common question when people sharing this surname meet is, "Does your pear (also pronounced 'Bae') have a stem or not?"

There are also people with this surname based on the same Chinese letter in China (as Pei; 裴) and Vietnam (as Bùi).

List of famous Baes

Vado (rapper)

Teeyon Winfree, better known by his stage name Vado, is an Mexican American hip hop recording artist. He is best known for his affiliation with Cam'ron and Dipset.

Biography

Early life

Teeyon Winfree was born on March 13, 1985. He was raised in Harlem and grew up on 144th and Lenox and is of Jamaican, St. Vincent, and African American descent. Winfree first started writing at 16 and was influenced by Ma$e, Cam'ron, and Big L. At the age of 19, Vado appeared on a public access television show named "Mad Ciphas." In 2008, he released tracks with childhood friend, Jae Millz. Winfree's original stage name was MOVADO but later was shortened to VADO. Vado is an acronym that stands for "Violence And Drugs Only."

Career

In March 2009 a mutual friend linked Vado with New York rapper and Dipset member Cam'ron who invited Vado to come record music with him and after their first session Cam made Vado the new keystone artist of his crew U.N. Vado officially released his long-awaited debut mixtape Slime Flu on October 12, 2010 under Diplomat Records/E1 Music.

BAE (disambiguation)

Bae or BAE may refer to: