Ye Employees Sue, Allege Black Employees Called ‘Slaves,’ Denied Pay
Eight former employees from Ye’s company Yeezy, LLC are suing the company along with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Yeezy’s former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos for unpaid wages, “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment,” and forced labor, according to the lawsuit filed Saturday and obtained by The Daily Beast.
The suit follows another filed earlier this year by former Ye personal assistant Lauren Pisciotta, who alleged in her suit that she was fired after Ye sent her sexual texts and videos.
The employees in the joint suit, half of whom are minors (with one as young as 14)—allege that in addition to not being paid for their work, they were subject to racial slurs and Black employees were called “slaves.” They also claim that the minors were exposed to pornographic material while working on Ye’s new adult-film and pornography venture Yeezy Porn, and that Ye’s team was “directly and personally aware” of said exposure.