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It was not until 2021 that Kanye West officially changed his name to “Ye” by “Kanye Omari West”. Now, according to a report by “Page Six”, who refers to insight into business documents, he should have another name change – this time in “Ye Ye”.
Kanye West: Change of name appears in business documents
Accordingly, Hussain Lalani, the rapper’s finance chief, submitted documents under the name “Ye Ye” – Kanye West was still managed as “Ye West” in older documents. Now the new name appears, among other things, as a “manager or member name” at companies such as Yeezy Apparel, the Yeezy Record Label, LLC and Getting OUT OUR DREAMS Inc.
So far there has been no public statement on the change of name. Kanye West has not made an official message on social media either.
Ye: Already in 2018 he had the desire to change the name
The rapper had already announced in 2018 to change his name. At that time he had been using the synonym “Ye” for years, but wanted to do it official. In an interview, he cited his religious conviction as the reason: “‘Ye’ is the most used word according to Bible. It means” you “. So I am you. I am we. We are. The name changed from Kanye – which means “the only one” – too simply ye. ” In 2021, the change was finally approved by a court.
In March 2024, his then Chief of Staff Milo Yiannopoulos sent a letter in which he asked Kanye West to no longer address his old name. He emphasized that West had the right to be named under the name that he had chosen himself. Now the artist seems to make a name change again.
On June 1, 2025, he also announced to rename his X account: “I will finally stop using the Twitter name @kanyewest […] I will create a YE account, ”he wrote.