It’s now official: Kanye West has changed his name to Ye.
This has been affirmed by a judge, thus cementing another nomenclature era for the giant artiste.
He has been on the process since as far back as 2018 when he released an album titled “Ye.”
He had then said in an interview with radio host Big Boy that he believes “Ye” is “the most commonly used word in the Bible, meaning ‘You’, according to him.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams gave her nod to the request by the singer, who filed his petition on Aug. 24 and stated he was making the change for personal reasons.
The 44-year-old child of a photographer and former Black Panther father and a college professor mother grew up in Chicago and attended Chicago State University for one year before dropping out to pursue a career in music.
Britannica adds on his profile: “Early on he demonstrated his considerable abilities as a producer, contributing to Jermaine Dupri’s album Life in 1472 (1998) before relocating to the New York City area, where he made his name with his production work for Roc-A-Fella Records, especially on rapper Jay-Z’s album Blueprint (2001). West’s skillful use of accelerated sample-based beats soon made him much in demand as a producer, but he struggled to be allowed to make his own recordings (partly because of the perception that his middle-class background denied him credibility as a rapper).
“When he finally released his debut solo album, The College Dropout (2004), it was massively successful: sales soared, and critics gushed over its sonic sophistication and clever wordplay, which blended humour, faith, insight, and political awareness on songs such as “Through the Wire” and the gospel-choir-backed “Jesus Walks.” The latter cut won a Grammy Award for best rap song in 2005, and West also picked up awards that year for best rap album and best rhythm-and-blues song (as one of the songwriters of Alicia Keys’s “You Don’t Know My Name”).”
