Ye (formerly Kanye West), his company Yeezy LLC, and former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos are being sued by eight former employees over claims of a hostile and abusive working environment during the development of an app for Ye's new album, Vultures 2. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges severe bullying, discrimination based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity, and forced labor. The plaintiffs, including minors, claim they were marginalized, subjected to racial slurs, and forced to work long hours without pay. The lawsuit seeks unpaid wages, overtime, compensatory and punitive damages, and other costs.
See "Yeezy, Ye Sued Over Employees’ Abusive Working Conditions ", Bernie Pazanowski, Bloomberg Law , July 2, 2024