Kanye West‘s petition to legally change his name to his nickname, Ye, has been approved in a Los Angeles court.Back in August, the rapper and producer filed documents to change his full name – Kanye Omari West – to the mononym.According to TMZ, West has now been granted his name change, which means he will be referred to simply as Ye moving forward, and he will no longer have a middle name.The ‘Jesus Walks’ rapper spoke of the planned change during a radio interview in 2018, explaining: “I believe ‘ye’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means you.
So I’m you, I’m us, it’s us.”West went on to say that his name “went from Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye – just being a reflection of our good, our bad,.
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