Nationwide — Kanye West has legally modified his title for the second time. After turning into “Ye” in 2021, new enterprise paperwork filed in California now present his title as “Ye Ye.”
In accordance with The U.S. Solar, the up to date title seems in filings submitted by his CFO, Hussain Lalani, to the California Secretary of State. One among West’s most important firms, Ox Paha Inc., which manages his logos, now formally lists him as “Ye Ye.” Different associated companies, together with Yeezy Attire and his music companies, have additionally up to date his title throughout paperwork.
West hasn’t posted in regards to the new title but. His final name-related replace got here on June 1, when he posted on X (previously Twitter) that he was leaving his @kanyewest deal with as a result of he now goes by Ye. He stated, “Ima lastly cease utilizing the @kanyewest twitter trigger my title is Ye… Gonna begin a ye account and it’s what it’s.”
Again in 2018, West first shared he was dropping “Kanye” and most well-liked “Ye,” which was additionally the title of his 2018 album. He later filed official paperwork in 2021 and had the title change legally permitted by a choose.
In 2024, his chief of employees Milo Yiannopoulos despatched letters to firms asking them to cease utilizing the title “Kanye West” altogether. His employees has emphasised that “Ye” displays his id and known as on platforms to replace his title in every single place, rejecting his beginning title as a “slave title.”