{"id":3900,"date":"2026-03-11T18:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/ye-demands-the-media-stop-calling-him-kanye-west\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:58:17","slug":"ye-demands-the-media-stop-calling-him-kanye-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/ye-demands-the-media-stop-calling-him-kanye-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Ye Demands The Media Stop Calling Him Kanye West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Music mogul Ye issued a blunt message to the press this week, telling media outlets that the time has come to fully recognize his legal name. The advisory arrived March 10, shortly after Ye delivered nearly three hours of testimony in a workplace violations lawsuit filed by former employee Tony Saxon during a hearing at the Los Angeles County Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p>The memo reads as a call-out to the media companies that still refer to the rapper by his former name. Ye reminded outlets that his identity change was announced years ago and formally approved by a California court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMEDIA ADVISORY IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS KANYE WEST ANNOUNCED THAT HENCEFORWARD HIS NAME WOULD BE YE,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ye got tired of people still calling him Kanye and put out this media statement after court. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZq2mZBtou\">pic.twitter.com\/aZq2mZBtou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sneaker Legal\u00ae | Trademark &#038; IP Lawyers (@SneakerLegal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SneakerLegal\/status\/2031767035126890872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ye legally changed his name from Kanye West to Ye in 2021. His team argues that the media ecosystem has had plenty of time to update credits, archives, and databases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHIS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR MEDIA COMPANIES, SEARCH ENGINES, RECORD LABELS, DSPS, RETAILERS, LYRICS WEBSITES, PUBLISHERS AND OTHERS TO UPDATE THEIR RECORDS AND SYSTEMS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE CHANGE,\u201d the memo continues.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also frames the issue as one tied to identity and respect. Ye\u2019s representatives emphasize the artist\u2019s global visibility and say the name change should be treated as permanent.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ye-to-the-media-stop-calling-me-kanye-west\">Ye To The Media: \u201cStop Calling Me Kanye West\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cYE IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, ON PAR WITH PRESIDENTS AND POPES. THIS CHANGE WAS MADE FULLY, LEGALLY, AND PERMANENTLY. THIS IS WHO HE IS NOW. HIS NAME IS YE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The advisory ends with a warning directed at outlets that continue using his former name. Representatives for Yeezy LLC say cooperation may end if the directive is ignored.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3.11.26 A Moment with Mero - Not Wearing Deordorant &#038; Dating AI\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X7TClWGYLi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYEEZY LLC WILL NO LONGER CO-OPERATE WITH OR PROVIDE COMMENT OR CONFIRMATION TO MEDIA OUTLETS THAT REFUSE TO USE HIS LEGAL NAME,\u201d the memo states. <\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cA DELIBERATE AFFRONT, A RACIST OFFENSE AND A DENIAL OF YE\u2019S AGENCY AND SELF-DETERMINATION.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The message signals a stricter media policy from Ye\u2019s camp as the artist navigates both legal scrutiny and public perception.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music mogul Ye issued a blunt message to the press this week, telling media outlets that the time has come&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":3937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-3900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}