Kodak Black Just Call Me Bill ... Name Change Granted!
5/2/2018 10:23 AM PDT
EXCLUSIVE
Kodak Black[1] is wiping the slate clean by dumping his name and flipping his initials -- cause he's now Bill K. Kapri ... and it's all legal and stuff.
TMZ has learned the currently jailed rapper requested, and was granted, the name change by a Florida judge. Bill's attorney, Bradford Cohen tells us his client wanted a "fresh start" in the middle of everything going on with him now. Fun fact: His real name was Dieuson Octave.
We're told he'll still go by Kodak, professionally, when he gets out of jail ... possibly as early as October[2]. As we've reported, he's doing time in a Florida jail for 2 probation violations[3].
More good news for Bill -- a child services investigation against him has been dropped ... according to Cohen. We're told the agency launched its probe after the January arrest[4] where his child was in the house along with marijuana and ammunition.
Bill has been taking parenting classes while he's in jail, along with working on his GED[5]. Congrats, BK.
