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Kanye West asks court to legally change his name to Ye

Kanye West asks court to legally change his name to Ye

He wants to get rid of his full name in favour of his two-letter nickname for "personal reasons".
25 Aug, 2021

Kanye just wants to be Ye.

Kanye West filed court documents Tuesday to legally change his name.

The Los Angeles Superior Court filing says the 44-year-old wants to get rid of his full name — Kanye Omari West — in favour of just his longtime two-letter nickname, Ye, with no middle name or last name.

The documents, dated Aug. 11 but not sent into the court system until Tuesday, cite “personal reasons” for the change. An email seeking comment from the attorney who filed the documents was not immediately returned.

A judge must approve of the change before it becomes official.

West, who has called himself Ye on his social media pages for years, tweeted that he wanted the change in 2018, saying, “the being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE.”

The moniker was also the title of his 2018 album. He has said in interviews that, along with being a shortening of his first name he likes, that it’s a word used throughout the Bible.

West is in the middle of a divorce with Kim Kardashian West, who did not ask that her last name be changed back to just Kardashian when she filed to split from him in February. The couple’s four children also have his last name.

He has been holding a series of stadium listening parties for his forthcoming 10th studio album Donda, which is scheduled to be released before the end of August.

Comments

Chrís Dăn Aug 25, 2021 11:49am
Actually ,calling him"ye" is very easy for everyone. As he has fans in all continents ,it is an easy name for everyone on this planet.
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Salman Haider Zaidi Aug 25, 2021 02:24pm
Aaah West and Western issues!!! Calling him "ye" or "wo" won't change the fact that he was always a Trump supporter.
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Changez Khan Aug 25, 2021 03:15pm
This guy is strange.
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A. ALI Aug 25, 2021 04:10pm
Is this a news, he may not be knowing there a country called Pakistan where media keeps them covered. Ye or kanye, his choice. But why its a news? Just space filling article. Did you ever find any American newspaper covering our celebrities except pm IK.
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hanzala ahmed Aug 26, 2021 06:33am
First World country's problems :) what a contrast between issues of developed and under developed communities.
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