Kanye West has filed a petition with the court to change his name.According to docs obtained by ET and filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the artist wants to change his name from Kanye Omari West to simply «Ye.»In West's petition for the two-letter mononym, under the section that asks, «Reason for change of name (explain),» the response was concise: «Personal reasons.»The moniker, which has been West's nickname for years, has not yet been signed off on by the courts, but is likely to be approved.The request comes amid the artist's divorce from ex Kim Kardashian-West, who still uses West as a hyphenated surname.
It's unclear if she plans on filing to restore her maiden name if West's legal name changes, or at all.The estranged couple — who.
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