Talk:Kanye West

scrictly referred to as “ye”
ye recently exclaimed only being called “ye” and that the name “kanye west” was a slave name. my thinking is that spotify and apple music are gonna refer to him as ye now instead of kanye west which brings up the question wether or not the article name should be called “Ye (musician)” or something like that instead of “Kanye West” Purpetic (talk) 20:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)


 * We'll see. See WP:CRYSTAL. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I've noticed that Ye's artist moniker on platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube is still Kanye West, and his latest 2024 albums were released as Kanye West. So Ye is his legal name and Kanye West is still is artist moniker? Israell (talk) 18:14, 14 May 2024 (UTC)


 * That would suggest that "Kanye West" remains is WP:COMMONNAME. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:23, 14 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Ye should be referred to as "Ye". i've read through the talkpage archives and the arguments used to prevent moving this to its correct title are unpersuasive, especially WP:DEADNAME. the policy in the black community is that one should not "call someone out of their name", and i don't see any real reason to leave this page at its current title, but that's just my two cents. i will likely make a move request unless anyone can provide a persuasive reason to leave it at this title. Daddyelectrolux (talk) 20:52, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * , considering that there have been four unsuccessful requested moves within the past three years, each with essentially the same rationale, such a request could be viewed as disruptive. I don't see WP:DEADNAME used as an argument in the discussions but rather WP:COMMONNAME, which dictates that Wikipedia use the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable, English-language sources) for the article title. That is policy. Unless you intend to refute that "Kanye West" is his COMMONNAME per that policy, the chances of a successful move appear slim. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 21:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * consensus can change, and three years is a long time. Daddyelectrolux (talk) 05:38, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Addition to legal problems
Los Angeles Police Department identified Ye as a suspect in a battery incident that happened on April 17. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-say-are-looking-whether-rapper-ye-was-involved-alleged-battery-rcna148426 Cadiannnn (talk) 01:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Whoever adds it, please include that the suspect was the other man and not Ye. Don't get it twisted. PolishGeico (talk) 07:08, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Kanye's claim to Godhood
It might be worth mentioning that Kanye has recently declared himself to be a god (and later, THE God in a more monotheist approach) and that he has problems with his self-proclaimed faith. I figured it might be worth mentioning since a celebrity claiming to be a literal deity, which is not a very orthodox approach to any faith, let alone Christianity, is at the very least: notable enough to mention. I've never really cared for Kanye which is why I'm feeling a tiny bit too lazy to mention his ludicrous godhood claims and cite the appropriate sources needed to verify he made such remarkable claims. MountainJew6150 (talk) 03:54, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 May 2024
I suggest changing the sentence below:

One of the world's best-selling music artists with 160 million records sold, West has won 24 Grammy Awards, the joint 11th-most of all time and most awarded for any hip hop artist jointly with Jay-Z.

to say "... most awarded for any hip hop artist along with Jay-Z" at the end of the sentence, for the sole reason that it reads slightly better. The word "joint" is used earlier in the sentence and redundancy should generally be avoided when it is unnecessary. 2607:F470:6:4001:EC5B:5A0E:3B0D:4C2B (talk) 05:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 08:34, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 May 2024
Change the link in the word "memes" in the part that talks about Kanye West and Taylor Swift in 2009 from the article "Meme" to "Internet meme". Swissairproud001 (talk) 01:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 19:46, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Tinley Park
Kanye and his mother Donda moved to Tinley Park, IL in 1981 when Kanye was 3.

Proof: https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/pxr8ru469084nll9n80l9 2600:1702:3E1:4940:74AC:88F9:79D6:1A59 (talk) 23:47, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 May 2024
can you add this text to the "fashion" section in other ventures

Following the termination of the Gap and Adidas collaborations Ye appeared on multiple podcasts doing interviews, blaming Gap and Adidas for not reaching the affordable price points he wanted. On December 13, 2023, he named Gosha Rubchinskiy as Head of Design at Yeezy via X, Formerly known as Twitter. . During mid-December a small selection of items were available on the yeezy.com website for varying prices. Then, on February 14, 2024, the price of all items was dropped to USD$20.

Following this, On February 22, 2024, West released several items from his terminated Yeezy Gap collaboration on the yeezy.com website in Europe only, seemingly without permission from Gap. On the same day, he premiered a Super Bowl advertisement for the website, which was a low budget phone recording of West speaking in his car. —originally: Shrub4TheDub (talk) 23:33, 29 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The first paragraph especially strikes me as out of scope for this particular article, but could be added to Yeezy (brand). Regarding the second paragraph, the fact that he kept selling products licensed by Gap without their permission is not mentioned in the HipHopDX article. Full disclosure: This edit request was previously archived without receiving a response. I restored a copy of it along with the original editor's signature. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 20:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Name within the article
I'm not asking about the article title, I agree that it should remain as is under WP:COMMONNAME. But this policy clearly applies only to the title and not to the name used in the body of the article. Given that the first sentence already introduces him as "Ye", I don't see any reason why he shouldn't be referred to as such throughout the rest of the article, i.e. "Ye is ..." as opposed to "West is ...". Especially because he specifically objects to being referred to as West. WP:DEADNAME is intended for transgender people but not applying the same rule here seems like a double standard in my opinion. 49.182.172.173 (talk) 11:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I agree. If the article respects the change of his legal and personal name enough to introduce him as such in the lead sentence, it seems fairly uncontroversial to refer to him as Ye throughout. BoldGnome (talk) 11:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * MOS:SURNAME says: When a majority of reliable secondary sources refer to persons by a pseudonym, they should be subsequently referred to by their pseudonymous surnames. Kanye West is his de facto pseudonym since a majority of RS still use it. Less importantly, he still uses the name on all major streaming services, see Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, and Pandora. He's released music under the name as recently as February of this year. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 14:10, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This seems like a strange inversion of that policy. It is essentially saying that you should refer to someone by their preferred alias if a sufficient quantity of RSes do so (as opposed to their real name), but you are kind of stretching it to say that actually, "Kanye West" is his pseudonym... Which is technically true now, but that obviously isn't what the policy has in mind. I suppose For people well known by one-word names, nicknames, or pseudonyms, but who often also use their legal names professionally use the legal surname appears to support the status quo, but the key word here is "legal" and now that he has changed his name legally that can't be used as a justification. 49.182.172.173 (talk) 05:37, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The line you cite pertains to legal surnames; "Ye" is a mononym. Generally speaking, we do what RS reflect over what the subject wants. When in doubt, we go with RS unless there are very clear exceptions carved out. There aren't here, so there's no reason to deviate. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 07:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * the problem with this argument is that it is not a "pseduonym" anymore. this is a legal name change, not a pseudonym. Daddyelectrolux (talk) 05:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 1 July 2024
change late regristration (2006) to late regristration (2005) Saaaaur (talk) 14:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 15:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ I believe this is in reference to the lead. Throast  { { ping }} me! (talk &#124; contribs) 18:44, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Cultural impact of Kanye West - part 2
I discussed this idea several months ago and created a draft for it with the sources found in the discussion. I'm leaving it to the Yeditors in case anyone wants to pick it up and add info from the sources, and find more if needed. Draft: here. PantheonRadiance (talk) 03:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)