Kanye West Co. Sued Over ‘New Slaves’ Allegations, Bianca Allegedly Sent Porn to Staff

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 workers which have been accessible by minors, based on a brand new lawsuit.

The bombshell swimsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court, named Ye and his former chief of workers, Milo Yiannopoulos, as defendants.

The swimsuit alleges Kanye and co. engaged in “forced labor and cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment.”

The 2 have been accused of constructing false guarantees to pay their grownup and minor staff and forcing them to work insanely lengthy hours as they have been brazenly 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 swimsuit says Ye needed to keep away from paying these corporations to advertise his new albums, “Vultures” and “Vultures 2.”

So, he and Milo allegedly employed a global developer group comprised of a number of Black members, which additionally included underage teenagers as younger as 14.

The docs say the staff principally labored remotely, staying in fixed communication with Ye, Milo and their group through the use of digital and on-line communication purposes corresponding 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 rapidly went downhill … the swimsuit says Ye ordered all staff to signal non-disclosure agreements, threatening to fireside 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 international and minority staff 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 group 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 group member, whereas calling a youthful employee a college shooter. The staff have been additionally bullied into working lengthy hours via the evening with out pay or sleep.

Then, in late April, Ye introduced he was launching an grownup movie biz known as “Yeezy Porn,” along 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 is just not named as a defendant.

On Might 1, 2024, after an intense rush interval to provide the app, the group allegedly introduced Ye with one of many completed apps, but it surely’s not clear within the docs which one. Ye and Milo allegedly by no means paid the staff for his or her laborious work, main them to file the lawsuit.

The swimsuit is asking for damages for unpaid wages and additional time pay, in addition to emotional misery.