Years after his supposed name change, Kanye West declares that from now on he wants to be called simply “Ye.”
In a letter from his chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, the rapper wants to be called Ye and not his slave name, Kanye West. “Ye is one of the most recognizable people in the world, on par with presidents and popes,” the letter says, according to Page six.
Yiannopoulos goes on to write about the importance of West being called Ye and not Kanye. “He did not make the decision to change his name, potentially lightly sacrificing some of the immunological value captured by the ‘Kanye West’ brand. The change was made completely, legally and permanently. His name is Ye.”
Yiannopoulos further clarified that the West brand is reaching out to streaming platforms, publishers, stores, syndicates, lyrics websites, and data resellers about name preference. West wants all platforms to change their information to Ye as soon as possible.
“This change will happen everywhere,” the letter continues, with also an explanation of the rapper’s birth name. “On several occasions he has referred to it as the name of his slave. “Ye is a black man in America who wants the right to full self-determination like everyone else.”
Kanye West legally changed his name to ‘Ye’ in 2021
According to CNN, the rapper, born Kanye West Omari, changed his name to Yet in late 2021. However, he hinted at the change in 2018, when he released his studio album. YE
On Twitter, West wrote in 2018 that he was formally known as Kanye West. “I am you. I think ‘you’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means you. Then I am you. It’s us, it’s us.”
West also stated that his name changed from Kanye West, meaning “the one,” to simply Ye as a “reflection of our good, our bad, our confusion, everything.”
In 2019, West suggested that he could legally change his name. But he was going to be “billionaire Christian genius Kanye West.” However, West went to Yet to reflect on his longtime opinions on the name.
The media outlet further reported that West’s name change is among several “big changes” in West’s life in 2021. His ex-wife Kim Kardashian filed for divorce in early 2021. He remained focused on his music and He ended up releasing his album Donda in August of that year.
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn