Announcing the change on Twitter on Saturday, he wrote: "The being formally [sic] known as Kanye West. I am YE."

West, 41, has been nicknamed Ye for some time and used the moniker as the title for his eighth album, which was released in June.

As well as being an abbreviation of his current professional name, West has previously said the word has religious significance for him.

"I believe 'ye' is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means 'you,'" West said earlier this year, discussing his album title with radio host Big Boy.

"So I'm you, I'm us, it's us. It went from Kanye, which means the only one, to just Ye - just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused, everything."

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There are times when a sic is particularly appropriate .....

why doesn't he change his name to egocentric shite and have done with it.

I'm not sure what it stands for but I know it's used to show that a word that may look erroneous, has actually been quoted correctly in a written text

Why doesn't he change his name to egocentric shite and have done with it.