Kanye West‘s petition to legally change his name to his nickname, Ye, has been approved in a Los Angeles court.Back in August, the rapper and producer filed documents to change his full name – Kanye Omari West – to the mononym.According to TMZ, West has now been granted his name change, which means he will be referred to simply as Ye moving forward, and he will no longer have a middle name.The ‘Jesus Walks’ rapper spoke of the planned change during a radio interview in 2018, explaining: “I