Kanye West asks music industry to call him ‘Ye’, claims his previous nicknаme is unworthy of his nаme

It’s his nаme; don’t forget it.

Milo Yiannopoulos, the head of staff for Kanye West, insisted in a letter that the musician be addressed as Ye rather than by his ” nаme.”

Kanye West performing.According to the letter acquired by Page Six, “Ye is one of the most recognizable people in the world, on par with presidents and popes.”

“He didn’t make the choice to alter his nаme lightly, maybe forfeiting part of the enormous value embodied in the “Kanye West” brand. The modification was complete, enforceable, and long-lasting. He is now this person. Ye is his nаme.

Kanye West at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar PartyThe 39-year-old Yiannopoulos stated that because these are some of “the most visible places,” he is urging “streaming platforms, publishers, stores, unions, lyrics websites, and data resellers” to make the adjustment.

The letter went on, “He has repeatedly referred to it as his nаme.” “Like everyone else, Ye is a Black man in America who desires the right to complete self-determination.”

The “All of the Lights” rapper’s legal nаme change was approved by a Los Angeles court more than two years ago, at the time of the far-right political commentator’s missive.

A letter from Milo Yiannopoulos. West, 46, said in court filings in August 2021 that he was changing his nаme for “personal reasons.”

According to TMZ, Kanye West is requesting that prominent figures in the music business honor his choice to use his legally altered nаme, “Ye”.

Kanye’s head of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, demands in a letter obtained by TMZ that the rapper be referred to going forward as Ye. The letter is sent to major stakeholders in the music business, including as publishers, streamers, lyric websites, and more.

Kanye, as Milo puts it, “did not make the decision to change his nаme lightly,” knowing full well that he would be giving up the brand value that comes with being called “Kanye West.” Nevertheless, the Grammy winner wants to remove the pseudonym from all platforms because she views it as a ” nаme”.

Kanye West at the Marni fashion show.He continues, “Ye is a Black man in America who wants the right to full self-determination just like everyone else.”

Recall that in October 2021, Kanye formally changed his nаme to Ye. Years after praising the nаme’s biblical connections, the musician got permission from a court to use his old nicknаme as his official nаme.

In 2018, Kanye said to radio presenter Big Boy that he liked the term Ye since it was the most often used word in the Bible. This was untrue, by the way.