According to NME, Kanye West has been allegedly sued over claims that he allegedly created an alleged hostile work environment for his adult and minor employees, where West allegedly referring to them as “new slaves.” According to TMZ, the rapper and his former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos were named as defendants in the alleged lawsuit that was allegedly filed in a U.S. district court, asserting that West had reportedly intended to create an app called YZYVSN that would be used to promote his new musical projects earlier this year.

The suit claimed that West did not want to allegedly pay rival companies Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music for the promotion of his Vulture projects so he had reportedly hired a number of adult and minor employees in a developer group. They claim he allegedly engaged in “forced labour and cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment.” The employee group involved allegedly consisted of several Black workers, including someone as young as 14 years old. Both West and Yiannopoulos were accused of allegedly forcing their employees to allegedly work long hours without pay or sleep.

West’s managers were also accused of allegedly using negative language towards employees, with some allegedly calling workers  “slaves” and allegedly dubbing others as “new slaves.”  The lawsuit also claims that West’s wife, Bianca Censori, allegedly sent pornography to staff that was allegedly accessible by minors. However, Censori was not named as an alleged defendant upon filing.

According to the alleged document, the developer group were allegedly promised $120,000 in payment from Yiannopoulous upon completion of the app if they allegedly agreed to the work conditions and did not complain. But they claimed that West allegedly demanded the employees sign alleged NDAs, while allegedly threatening to fire the alleged minor employees and withholding pay if they allegedly did not comply. Minor employees also had to allegedly sign volunteer agreements as well.

The alleged lawsuit then states one of the finished apps was shown to the rapper in early May, claiming West and Yiannopoulous allegedly did not pay the employees for their work. The developers have since decided to allegedly sue the pair and seek damages for the alleged unpaid wages, alleged overtime pay and alleged emotional distress.

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