Kanye West files to legally change his name to YE… amid divorce from Kim Kardashian 

Kanye West has filed to have his name legally changed to Ye.

A lawyer for the rapper filed a petition to change Kanye’s name from his birth name of Kanye Omari West to Ye, according to The Blast.

Kanye, 44, says in the legal documents that he decided to change his name due to ‘personal’ reasons, however did not provide any other details.

Ye is the name of Kanye’s eighth studio album, and the moniker he also goes by on Twitter. He also has used Ye as a nickname. 

Identity: Kanye West has filed to have his name legally changed to Ye