Kanye West created an App to advertise his rap music, fostering a racist atmosphere with brutal work circumstances – whereas his spouse, Bianca Censori, despatched porn movies to employees which have been accessible by minors, based on a brand new lawsuit.
The bombshell go well with, filed in a U.S. District Courtroom, named Ye and his former chief of employees, Milo Yiannopoulos, as defendants.
The go well with alleges Kanye and co. engaged in “pressured labor and merciless inhuman, or degrading therapy.”
The 2 have been accused of constructing false guarantees to pay their grownup and minor workers and forcing them to work insanely lengthy hours as they have been overtly mocked with racist jabs and known as “New Slaves.”
It began within the Spring of 2024 when Ye determined to launch the YZYVSN streaming service app to rival Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music. The go well with says Ye wished to keep away from paying these corporations to advertise his new albums, “Vultures” and “Vultures 2.”
So, he and Milo allegedly employed a world developer group comprised of a number of Black members, which additionally included underage teenagers as younger as 14.
The docs say the workers largely labored remotely, staying in fixed communication with Ye, Milo and their crew by utilizing digital and on-line communication functions similar to Discord, Zoom and Slack.
In April 2024, the docs say, Milo promised to pay $120,000 to the developer group after they accomplished the app and in the event that they agreed to the work circumstances and did not complain.
However issues shortly went downhill … the go well with says Ye ordered all workers to signal non-disclosure agreements, threatening to fireplace the minors and refusing to pay them in the event that they did not. Minor builders have been additionally required to signal “volunteer” agreements.
Then Ye’s white managers who oversaw the overseas and minority employees allegedly used disparaging language to create a hostile work atmosphere.
In group chats, the Caucasian managers used harassing language towards the underlings with regard to their age, race, gender, sexual orientation and nationwide origin. Some crew members have been known as “slaves” whereas others have been known as “new slaves.”
The docs say Milo as soon as despatched a chat message with a Black/brown pores and skin emoji to an African American crew member, whereas calling a youthful employee a college shooter. The staff have been additionally bullied into working lengthy hours by way of the evening with out pay or sleep.
Then, in late April, Ye introduced he was launching an grownup movie biz known as “Yeezy Porn,” together with his spouse Bianca sending one employee a file-sharing hyperlink containing hardcore sexual exercise, based on the docs. The minors weren’t shielded from viewing the smut movies as they developed Ye’s porn app. Bianca isn’t named as a defendant.
On Might 1, 2024, after an intense rush interval to provide the app, the crew allegedly introduced Ye with one of many completed apps, nevertheless it’s not clear within the docs which one. Ye and Milo allegedly by no means paid the workers for his or her onerous work, main them to file the lawsuit.
The go well with is asking for damages for unpaid wages and additional time pay, in addition to emotional misery.
We have reached out to Ye and Milo … to this point no phrase again.
