Rapper formerly known as Kanye West legally changes name to Ye

Rapper, music producer and clothing entrepreneur Kanye West is now known as Ye after a court allowed him to legally change his name (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Rapper, music producer and clothing entrepreneur Kanye West is now known as Ye after a court allowed him to legally change his name.

A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request to change his name from Kanye Omari West to just Ye, with no middle or last name.