Ye West has filed paperwork to change his name again. In 2021 the rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, changed his name to Ye West.
According to new business documents filed by his chief financial officer Hussain Lalani with the State of California, the rapper’s new name is now “Ye Ye”. He has dropped his last name.
Ye Ye’s previous court filings referred to him as “Ye West.” One of his main companies, Ox Paha Inc, which has filed hundreds of trademarks on behalf of Ye West, now refers to him as “Ye Ye”.
Ye Ye, 48, has yet to publicly announce his new name on social media. His new name was listed in the “Statement of Information” that provides updated business details, such as change of address.
Ye Ye, pictured with his wife Bianca Censori, has lashed out at people for calling him by his birth name. During a recent interview with Piers Morgan, Ye Ye “stomped off like a big baby” when Piers called him by his birth name.
Ye Ye took to X (formerly Twitter) on June 1 to address the dispute and clarify that his “name is Ye.”
Fans on X challenged the rapper to make up his mind about his name. One fan wrote: “We went from mr west to mr ye. We went from Kanye omari west (the only one) To Ye Ye.”
Ye Ye made a name for himself producing albums including Jay-Z’s classic The Blueprint (2001), before signing a record deal with Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records.
His debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004), spawned the hit singles “Through the Wire”, “Jesus Walks”, “All Falls Down”, and “Slow Jamz”, featuring Twista.
