美國說唱歌手'侃爺'宣佈改名爲'耶'!

Rapper Kanye West is changing his name - to Ye.

說唱歌手坎耶·韋斯特正在將自己的名字改爲“耶”。

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

上週六，他在Twitter上宣佈了這一改變：“別叫我坎耶·韋斯特了，現在我是'耶'了。”

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.

41歲的韋斯特已經被暱稱爲Ye有一段時間了，他還將這個名字用作他2018年6月發佈的第八張專輯的標題。

The change came ahead of his appearance on Saturday Night Live, where he was expected to launch his new album Yandhi.

這一更名宣佈於他參加《週六夜現場》節目之前，預計他將在節目中推出他的新專輯“Yandhi”。

He replaced singer Ariana Grande on the show who cancelled for "emotional reasons", the show's creator said.

該節目的製作人表示，他是接替了因“感情原因”而取消上該節目計劃的歌手阿里安娜·格蘭德。

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

“耶”除了是他現在所用藝名的縮寫，韋斯特以前曾說過，這個詞對他來說還具有宗教意義。

"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.

今年早些時候，韋斯特在與電臺主持人Big Boy討論他的專輯名稱時說道：“我相信'ye'是《聖經》中最常用的詞，在《聖經》中它的意思是'你'。”

"So I'm you, I'm 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. The album is more of a reflection of who we are."

“所以，我是你，我是我們。從'坎耶'，意思是唯一，到只有'耶'--反映了我們的好，我們的壞，我們的混亂，我們的困惑，我們的一切。這張專輯更多的反映了我們是誰。”