Ye took to Instagram on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, to reveal that he is closing down his Kanye West Instagram account. He explained that he wants to use the name ‘Ye’ instead.
The rapper said in a text exchange with Justin Laboy, “I’m closing my Kanye West Instagram account.”
“My name is Ye. No brand or numbers gonna force me to call myself what they want me to still be.”
The original post caption stated, “Somebody has Ye as an account. I would like to have my username, so I can change my account to my legal name.”
“Nobody finna bully nothing. Not no promoters. Not no DSPs. I don’t care. My name is Ye now. If you call me Kanye West, then you’re calling me out of my name.”
In 2021, a Los Angeles judge approved Ye’s legal name change request. Notably, his eighth studio album bears the same title.
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