The rapper, fashion designer and producer has been using the nickname for a number of years and has previously indicated his desire to legally change his name to Ye.
Kanye West has legally changed his name to Ye after a Los Angeles court approved his application.
In August, the rapper formally requested to change his name to Ye (pronounced “yay”) after filing legal documents – citing “personal reasons” for the name change.
He has now successfully dropped his full name – Kanye Omari West – in favour of this long-time two-letter moniker.
The 44-year-old first alluded to his plans to change his name to Ye when he tweeted: “Formally known as Kanye West. I am YE.”
His application has been officially approved by LA Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams, and he will no longer have a middle or last name.
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In 2018, the rapper told radio host Big Boy, “I believe ‘ye’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible. In the Bible it means you.
“So, I’m you. And I’m us. It’s us. It went from being Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye, just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused – everything. It’s more of a reflection of who we are [as] beings.”
His eighth studio album in 2018 was called Ye and the name has been present on his Twitter handle for some time.
In August, his long-awaited 10th studio album Donda was finally released after several delays.
The 27-track album is 108 minutes long and is named after his late mother.
-Skynews
