Kanye West officially changes name to Ye Ye
The troubled rapper officially changed his name to Ye in 2021 by filing papers in a Los Angeles court, and now has seemingly changed it again, according to Page Six. On new legal documents filed by his chief financial officer with the State of California, it states that his new name is now Ye Ye. The double Ye is different from other papers that have been previously filed, where his official title was Ye West. The new moniker came to light when his core businesses filed a Statement of Information with California's Secretary of State...
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And the deal was backed by none other than Braun himself, whom Swift had previously dubbed a 'bully' and the 'definition of toxic male privilege' in the music industry. 'Interestingly enough, one of the individuals who is encouraging this deal to take place is Scooter, who was at the center of the deal the first time around alongside Big Machine,' said a source, referencing Swift's original record label. We estimated, at the time, that the price tag for her masters would be anywhere between $600 million and $1 billion, according to Clayton Durant, founder of the music consulting firm CAD Management. 'If she could claw back and create a deal structure where she could get the rights to her original recordings, she exponentially increases the amount of money she makes,' Durant told Page Six. 'She's making money off the publishing still from the [original] songs,' but not as much as from the Taylor's Versions, he said. 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