美国说唱歌手'侃爷'宣布改名为'耶'

说唱歌手坎耶·韦斯特正在将自己的名字改为“耶”。

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

上周六，他在Twitter上宣布了这一改变：“别叫我坎耶·韦斯特了，现在我是'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岁的韦斯特已经被昵称为Ye有一段时间了，他还将这个名字用作他2018年6月发布的第八张专辑的标题。

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

这一更名宣布于他参加《周六夜现场》节目之前，预计他将在节目中推出他的新专辑“Yandhi”。

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

该节目的制作人表示，他是接替了因“感情原因”而取消上该节目计划的歌手阿里安娜·格兰德。

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

“耶”除了是他现在所用艺名的缩写，韦斯特以前曾说过，这个词对他来说还具有宗教意义。

"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.

今年早些时候，韦斯特在与电台主持人Big Boy讨论他的专辑名称时说道：“我相信'ye'是《圣经》中最常用的词，在《圣经》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 are flection of our good, our bad, our confused, everything. The album is more of a reflection of who we are."

“所以，我是你，我是我们。从'坎耶'，意思是唯一，到只有'耶'--反映了我们的好，我们的坏，我们的混乱，我们的困惑，我们的一切。这张专辑更多的反映了我们是谁。”