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.
- Music icon Kanye West has filed to legally change his name to his longtime nickname "Ye," US media reported on August 25, 2021, citing documents filed in a Los Angeles court.
‘Effective immediately, I’m no longer representing YE (F/K/A Kanye West) due to his harmful and hateful remarks that myself nor 33 & West can stand for,’ wrote agent Daniel McCartney on Monday, February 10.
West, who now goes by Ye, recently deactivated his X account after launching into three days of horrific rants in which he said he was a ‘Nazi’.
A former employee has sued Kanye West for allegedly firing her after insulting her looks and texting her ‘Hail Hitler’.
