-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email More Yeezy employees are coming forward against Kanye "Ye" West , alleging that the rapper and fashion brand owner participated in fostering an environment rife with bullying against minority employees, exploitation of labor and unpaid wages and even exposing underage employees to pornography. In a lawsuit filed on June 29, NBC News reported that West and former Yeezy apparel chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos are being sued by eight former employees that range from young adults to minors. The law firm representing the ex-employees said in a statement that they endured "intolerable harassment and discrimination" while working on an app for Yeezy.
Moreover, the ex-employees who worked on the app's development claimed that they were “regularly and viciously bullied” for their race, gender and sexual orientation. According to the lawsuit, some employees were called "slaves" in a work group chat. It also claimed that new members of the team were put in a Discord channel called "new slaves.
" Related "Hitler level stuff": Kanye West faces new lawsuit alleging antisemitism and abuse at Donda Academy "Black and African employees were segregated and given less favorable work assignments, and separate 'whites only' working groups were formed," the statement said. Not only were Black and African employees allegedly made to feel segregated from their white counterparts and called slurs, minors allegedly were exposed to sexually explicit content i.