Kanye West files to legally change his name to ‘Ye’

A United States famous rapper, Kanye Omari West, has filed to legally change his name to his long-time two-lettered nickname, ‘Ye’ — with no middle or last names.

Associated Press reports on Wednesday the father of four filed the documents on Tuesday at Los Angeles superior court.

The rapper in the documents dated August 11 cited “personal reasons” for dropping his full name ‘Kanye Omari West’ in favour of his long-time two-lettered nickname.

The news of West’s name change is coming a few days before the expected release of ‘Donda’, his 10th album, named after his late mother.

The 44-year-old singer had in September 2018 hinted about the name change on Twitter.

“Being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE,” he had written.

He had recently staged an album party at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and hosted about 42,000 fans who paid between $20 to $100 per ticket.

Kanye had separated from Kim Kardashian, his wife, after she filed for divorce in February — about seven years after they tied the knot.

The pair later agreed to have joint custody of their four children — North 7, Saint 5, Chicago 3, and Psalm 2 — with neither of them needing spousal support.