Kanye West's Instagram Handle Changed To 'Ye' After He Threatened To Close His Account

Controversial rapper Kanye West recently acknowledged Instagram changing his IG handle from "@kanyewest" to "@ye."

This comes hours after the rapper threatened to shut down his account with almost 20 million followers, noting in a chat that he wouldn't be "forced" into using his legal name by any platform or "brand."

West's Instagram handle finally aligns with his name, "Ye." In 2021, he announced to the world that he no longer wants to be referred to as "Kanye West" but instead as "Ye."

The rapper stated at the time that this was because Ye is "the most commonly used word in the Bible. And in the Bible, it means, 'You.' I'm all of you."

West subsequently effected the name change for all things related to him. However, he has clearly been having trouble changing it on certain social media platforms such as Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

On Wednesday, he took to his IG page to state that he would close down his account if it continued to reflect his government name.

At the time, West shared a post of a chat between him and singer Justin LaBoy, which read: "I'm closing my Kanye West Instagram account. My name is Ye. No brand or numbers gonna force me to call myself what they want me to still be."

The rapper initially captioned the post with a long text, which he later edited, per HipHopDx. West wrote, "Somebody has Ye as an account. I would like to have my name so I can change my account to my legal name. Nobody finna bully nothing Not no promoters Not no DSPs I don't care. My name is Ye now. You call me Kanye West then you calling me out of my name."

In a follow-up post, West shared a text with his followers where LaBoy could be seen assuring him that Instagram was working on changing his IG handle.

It read, "Instagram has approved[…]They just got into the office and called immediately." LaBoy added, "Waiting on info they need to make it happen today."

After the IG handle matter, the rapper turned his attention to his ex-wife, reality TV star and business mogul Kim Kardashian, demanding that she remove their kids from their current school, Sierra Canyon.

West has always made his dislike for the school known and has ranted multiple times about Kardashian allegedly stopping his children from attending his own school, Donda Academy, which has since closed down.

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, West shared a post that read, "KIM TAKE MY KIDS OUT OF SIERRA CANYON NOW. IT'S A FAKE SCHOOL FOR CELEBRITIES THAT ARE USED BY "THE SYSTEM."

Elaborating further, West wrote in the caption of his post: "At this point everybody knows what 'the system' is code word for."

He continued: "I was removed from my dad by the system and the system removed me from my children When the system drafts athletes they avoid working with those who have their father in their life because they are harder to manipulate My two oldest know they daddy is."

Late last year, West, in a video, went on an anti-Semitic rant, slamming several of his colleagues for not supporting him and branding them "Zionists." He also took shots at Kardashian and their kids' school, Sierra Canyon.

He said at the time, "All y'all rich n---- got your kids in that zionist school. F--- Sierra Canyon. My daughter ripped up the motherf---- couches in the house to be able to be here with me right now."

West has been on a roll lately with his accusations as he recently slammed his former collaborator, Adidas, claiming that the shoe giant was selling fake Yeezys and "raping" him with their 50 years of business experience.

In a now-deleted post, West called on his fans to boycott the alleged "fake" shoes to show they love and support him.

He said, "Anybody who loves Ye would not buy these fake Yeezys I never made these color ways I'm not getting paid off of them and Adidas is suing me.

The rapper added, "All these celebrities and the public will stand against a T-shirt or the color of my hat, but when yall see me have my children hidden from me or see an actual Fortune 500 company rape one of your heroes in real life don't nobody say nothing or do nothing."

He also claimed in another post that the shoe company was suing him for over $250 million.

Adidas has yet to respond to West's accusations.