It was his nickname for fairly a while, however Kanye West has formally modified his identify to Ye.
In accordance with USA Today, Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Choose Michelle Williams Courtroom gave the rapper the stamp of approval to formally change his identify from Kanye Omari West to only Ye.
The “Donda” rapper first filed the petition to vary 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,” Choose Michelle Williams Courtroom stated in court docket paperwork.
In 2018, Ye first introduced his moniker to his fans with a tweet on Twitter.
“The being formally often known as 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 imagine ‘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 only Ye – simply being a mirrored image of our good, our dangerous, our confused, every little thing. The album is extra of a mirrored image of who we’re.”
