Kanye West legally changes name to Ye
Modupe Shodeinde
American billionaire rapper, fashion designer and producer Kanye West, has officially changed his name to “Ye,” as a Los Angeles Superior Court approves his application
Sky News reports that the rapper cited personal reasons to change his name to Ye (pronounced “yay”) after filing legal document for the name change.
He has now successfully dropped his full name – Kanye Omari West – in favour of this long-time two-letter moniker.
His application was approved by LA Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams, and he will no longer have a middle or last name.
In 2018, the rapper told radio host Big Boy, “I believe ‘ye’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible. In the Bible it means you.
“So, I’m you. And I’m us. It’s us. It went from being Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye, just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused – everything. It’s more of a reflection of who we are [as] beings.”
His eighth studio album in 2018 was called Ye and the name has been present on his Twitter handle for some time.
