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1glenn
Big "eh", who cares?
John doe
oh so its like when your friends give you a nickname but you do it yourself....
Yrral
Call him Cra Zy
Yrral
Maybe they should call him Cra Zy
relic1980
Could just call him Puddintame for all I care :)
Peter Neil
I think "meh" is more appropriate.
Mark
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Mark
Why would anyone wants to change his name and have no middle or last name unless they are !!!!?
yakyak
How is that textbook narcissism? I believe he is doing it for business. YE is a very easy brand to remember. More power to him.
Peter14
Ye idiot.
yakyak
well, little do you know.
GdTokyo
Text book sign of narcissism.
Kyakusenbi_Arimasu
I remember when Prince formerly known as , well Prince shortened his name and it actually shortened his life. Keep away from drugs, and get back with booty Kardashian. You two were good together.
PerformingMonkey
I still have never heard any of his songs, as far as I know.
Ricky Kaminski13
Fame is kinder to some than others it seems. Ye is doing it tough.
Gaijinjland
Yay, he's a moron. South Park: Kanye - "I'm not Aquaman, I'm a reforming gay fish."
Kaerimashita
A rose by any other name is still a rose.
shogun36
Too many syllables, too many letters.
I won't remember that.
Nibek32
And he will now always before referred to as “Ye, formerly known as Kanye West,…”
Didn’t we all learn from Prince?
sourpuss
Ye, ye, whatev
Addfwyn
...okay, I guess.
I just imagine this would cause a lot of headaches for filling out official forms. Especially web-based forms which are not designed to take mononyms into account. Seems like a lot of extra unnecessary hassle.
GW
Ye(ah), who cares, I dont LOL!
Strangerland
Is this considered more or less egregious than changing your pronouns?
Express sister
OK.