26/1/09 Kanye West Changes His Name

Kanye West announced a new rap alias, calling himself "Martin Louis The King, Jr". In the past known as the Louie Vuitton Don, Kanye recently released a video from his hotel room in France saying "I know I've been called the Louis Vuitton Don, I know, I've been called a lot of names, uh mostly The Don, the Louis Vuitton Don -- due to what happened -- when the red shoes hit the runway, I was forced to change my name, to, Martin Louis The King, Jr. Address me as such. And until then, I will be in the building, swagger on a hundred thousand trillion."

As we previously reported, Kanye was in paris attending the Louis Vuitton runway show where he debuted his new line of sneakers.

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