{"id":10464,"date":"2021-08-25T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=199470"},"modified":"2021-08-26T03:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T03:45:27","slug":"kanye-west-changing-his-name","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/kanye-west-changing-his-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Is Changing His Name And Are \u2018Ye Kidding Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_169435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169435\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169435\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-1210047511.jpg\" alt=\"Kanye West\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Arnold Jerocki\/GC Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was only a matter of time until Kaye West went rogue again. Ahead of the rappers <em>third\u00a0<\/em>Donda listening party (seriously Kanye, just release it already) West has filed official court documents to change his name from Kanye Omari West to &#8220;Ye&#8221;. In paperwork obtained by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1300062\/kanye-west-files-to-officially-change-his-name-to-ye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">E! News<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>he stated it was for &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He self-appointed the nickname back in 2018 in a tweet, writing, &#8220;the being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE.&#8221; We happily took up the nickname but a permanent change seems a bit much.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the being formally known as Kanye West   <\/p>\n<p>I am YE<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ye (@kanyewest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1046064289944080388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the same year, West&#8217;s namesake album <em>Ye\u00a0<\/em>was released. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/8459006\/kanye-west-mental-health-ye-album-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">past interview<\/a> he explained the shortened term actually had a spiritual meaning. &#8220;I believe &#8216;ye&#8217; is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible, it means &#8216;you.&#8217; So, I&#8217;m you, I&#8217;m us, it&#8217;s us. It went from Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye \u2014 just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confusion, everything. The album is more of a reflection of who we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear whether the name change will be made official just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of releasing his next highly-anticipated album onto streaming platforms (at least for now), he plans to hold a series of listening parties and performances across the US. The album title is named after his late mother, Donda West.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a very public divorce from Kim Kardashian, the reality star attended West&#8217;s first listening party in Atlanta, Georgia. While the pair was once believed to not be on speaking terms, the estranged couple wore <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-matching-outfits-post-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matching red ensembles to the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The name change also comes after it was revealed he and<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/kanye-west-irina-shayk-break-up-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Irina Shayk had split<\/a> after a quick two month fling. One source for\u00a0<em>People\u00a0<\/em>said \u201cIt was never a serious thing that took off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kanye and Irina are over, but they never really started, there\u2019s nothing going on there,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/kanye-west-irina-shayk-break-up-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another source for <em>US Weekly\u00a0<\/em>also said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1627,"featured_media":10466,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[36,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kanye West Is Changing His Name And Are \u2018Ye Kidding Me - Grazia Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It was only a matter of time until Kaye West went rogue again. 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