Kanye West and his Yeezy company have been accused of mistreating several staff members — including bullying and not paying a number of them while they worked on developing a streaming app earlier this year — in a new lawsuit filed Saturday, The Washington Post reports . Eight employees, including some minors, allege that West (who know goes by Ye), his then-chief of staff Milo Yiannopolous, and his Yeezy company did not pay team members and also referred to them as “slaves” and “new slaves” along with other derogatory treatment. They also claim they were exposed to pornographic images in the “hostile work environment.
” The plaintiffs are seeking payment for unpaid wages along with attorney fees, as well as damages for emotional distress. According to the lawsuit, the team involved in filing the suit was working to develop a streaming service app for Ye, intended to promote Vultures 2 . Yeezy acquired the app YZYVSN to carry out the venture, and the team comprised staffers from around the world, including, per the lawsuit, minors as young as age 14.
Some of the team’s communications were carried out on Discord, where team members were bullied over age, race, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicities, according to the suit. The complaint also claims that racial slurs were made against Black team members and only white team members were promised developer positions at the company. Per the suit, some team members claim they were called “slaves,” and a Dis.