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, adding that ...

Rapper Kanye West is switching up his name yet again. Just four years after legally becoming "Ye," the controversial music mogul has chosen to reinvent himself once more with a new name.

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.

Kanye West is at it again! Four years after legally changing his name to Ye, the rapper has modified his moniker one more time. According to Page Six, new legal filings show the 24-time Grammy ...

According to Fuentes, West envisioned the name change as an “ironic reappropriation” of the symbol. Fuentes said the conversation occurred in December 2022.

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Out with the “old Kanye” and in with the “YE.” Kanye West has petitioned to legally change his name to “YE,” according to legal documents obtained by Variety. In order for it to be ...

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 ...

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West has long since used his newly assigned moniker on social media. Via a letter issued by Ye’s team, it appears that he has legally changed his name from ...

In a surprise appearance at the 2019 Fast Company Innovation Festival, West suggested that he may legally change his name to "Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West" for a little bit.

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 ...