Forget Kanye West. He's now officially just Ye

美国说唱歌手坎耶·韦斯特正式改名为“Ye（耶）”

The singer Kanye West will from now on formally be known simply by the name Ye.

歌手坎耶·韦斯特从现在起将正式改名为Ye。

Judge Michelle Williams granted the change on Monday in a California courthouse, after the rapper filed a petition to change his name in August, documents seen by CNN confirm.

美国有线电视新闻网看到的文件证实，米歇尔·威廉姆斯法官10月18日在加州一法院批准了这一变更，“侃爷”在8月份提交了一份更改姓名的申请。

The musician hinted at the change as far back as 2018, when he released his studio album "Ye," and then several months later tweeted: "the being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE."

这位音乐人早在2018年就暗示了这一变化，当时他发行了自己的专辑《Ye》，几个月后他在推特上写道：“我是Ye，全名坎耶·韦斯特。”

In an interview shortly after the album’s release, he said “Ye” was a reference to a biblical term for “you.”

在专辑发行后不久的一次采访中，他说“Ye”指的是圣经中对“你”的称呼。

The rapper's name change is just one of several recent big shifts in his life: His wife, Kim Kardashian West, filed for divorce back in February after the pair, who share four young children, had reportedly been living apart for some time.

除了改名以外，“侃爷”生活中最近还发生了其他重大变故：他的妻子金·卡戴珊·韦斯特早在今年2月就提出了离婚申请，据报道，两人已经分居了一段时间，他们有四个年幼的孩子。

The musician also released his highly anticipated album "Donda" in August. It debuted at the top of Billboard's Top 200 albums chart, making him only the seventh artist to have 10 number 1 albums, according to Billboard.

他还于今年8月份发行了备受期待的专辑《Donda》。根据Billboard的统计，这张专辑一经发布就登上Billboard前200张专辑排行榜的榜首，使他成为第七位拥有10张冠军专辑的艺人。