What's with Kyolo Ren's mask then?

Grandpa Darth Vader had a good reason for wearing his mask: quite apart from the fact that it's part of his life support system, it looks all ominous and scary and hides his battle wounds from the less queasy amongst the audience. But why does Ren wear a mask? The only reason I can think of is it's some kind of tribute to his late father the Dark Lord of the Sith. But that's daft: at the end of the day Vader was a crap Sith Lord (he attacked the Emperor!).

Is there a specific reason for Ren's mask? Or is it merely to make it easier to identify him in all those fast-action scenes?

Also, anyone here remember "Ren & Stimpy"? Does Kyolo resemble Ren ("Steeempy!)? Or is that just me?