Talk:Kanye West

message: 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 somethinh like that instead of “Kanye West” Purpetic (talk) 20:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: We'll see. See WP:CRYSTAL. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:24, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

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

text: 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)
replies: text: , 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  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  me! (talk | contribs) 21:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  scrictly referred to as “ye” 

message: just like everyone else, Ye has the right to self-determination. Kanye West is a slave name, and should only be refrenced once in the opening line. the page should be changed to Ye (Artist) with all refrences to "Kanye" or "West" being replaced with "Ye". thank you. Shrub4TheDub (talk) 23:39, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see WP:COMMONNAME. Lunaroxas (talk) 18:31, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  YE 

message: The first paragraph currently says "West has won 24 Grammy Awards, the joint tenth-most of all time". However, I believe it's actually the joint eleventh-most of all time, according to the cited list. Abhatt349 (talk) 06:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's been corrected. Throast  me! (talk | contribs) 17:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammy Award Record 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Addition to legal problems 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Kanye's claim to Godhood 

message: 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)
replies: text: Throast  me! (talk | contribs) 08:34, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 May 2024 

message: 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)
replies: text: Throast  me! (talk | contribs) 19:46, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 May 2024 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Tinley Park 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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  me! (talk | contribs) 20:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 May 2024