UPDATE — 6/16/25 at 4:47 p.m. ET: Kanye West is sticking with his initial name change to Ye. “There is no ‘Ye Ye,’” West’s rep said in a statement to Us Weekly on Monday, June 16 ...

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

Kanye West raised eyebrows when it seemed like the rapper was one again legally changing his name, from Ye to Ye Ye, but the rapper’s rep set the record straight on how the confusion occurred.

In 2018, Kanye West seemed keen on changing his name and, even at that point, he expressed a fondness for the name “Ye.” What reportedly drew him to that title was the term’s presence in the ...

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Kanye West expressed interest in a name change in 2018, at which point he considered changing his moniker to “Ye” which had long been his nickname up to that point.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West just wants to be Ye. West filed court documents Tuesday to legally change his name. The Los Angeles Superior Court filing says the 44-year-old rapper wants to get ...

Rapper Kanye West is legally petitioning to change his name to "Ye." The musician filed the request in Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 11, 2021. Ye is one of West's nicknames and the title of ...