Kanye West files to change his name to ‘Ye’
published : 30 Aug 2021 at 04:30
Music icon Kanye West has filed to legally change his name to his longtime nickname “Ye”, US media reported last week, citing documents filed in a Los Angeles court.
The 44-year-old wants to change his full name — Kanye Omari West — to the two-letter Ye, with no middle or last name, according to NBC News and other US media.
The change was requested for “personal reasons” and must be approved by a judge, NBC said.
West has already been calling himself Ye for some time, tweeting in 2018 that…