(NPR) The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is officially now “Ye.”
A Los Angeles judge approved his petition for a name change on Monday, Deadline reported. He had filed the paperwork back in August, citing “personal reasons.”
But the change has been in the works for even longer — or at least since 2018, when the famously polarizing artist released a studio album by that name and made his persona Twitter-official.
He explained the name’s biblical significance in an interview promoting the album that same year.