It was his nickname for fairly a while, however Kanye West has formally modified his identify to Ye.
In keeping with USA Today, Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Decide Michelle Williams Courtroom gave the rapper the stamp of approval to formally change his identify from Kanye Omari West to simply Ye.
The “Donda” rapper first filed the petition to alter his identify in August, citing “private causes.” His new identify is not going to have a center identify or a final identify.
“There being no objections, the petition for change of identify is granted,” Decide Michelle Williams Courtroom stated in courtroom paperwork.
In 2018, Ye first introduced his moniker to his fans with a tweet on Twitter.
“The being formally often called Kanye West,” he wrote. “I’m YE.”
His eighth studio album, Ye, was additionally launched the identical yr. And in an interview with Big Boy, Ye described the spiritual and historic context of “Ye.”
“I consider ‘ye’ is probably the most generally used phrase within the Bible, and within the Bible, it means ‘you,’ “West stated.
He continued: “So I am you, I am us, it is us. It went from Kanye, which suggests the one one, to simply Ye – simply being a mirrored image of our good, our unhealthy, our confused, every part. The album is extra of a mirrored image of who we’re.”
