Labor/Employment
Jul. 2, 2024
Kanye West accused of overseeing forced labor, bullying workers
Some team members were allegedly called "slaves" in messages, while another group chat referred to them as "new slaves" and "school shooters."
An international group of teenagers and adults who worked remotely for Kanye West and his business, YEEZY LLC, accused the artist and his former chief of staff of forced labor absent of paid wages while fostering a "cruel inhuman" work environment during their time spent developing a music streaming app called "YZYVSN."
The federal complaint was filed Saturday by Jordanna G. Thigpen of Thigpen Legal PC on behalf of eight plaintiffs - between the ages 14 to 24 -...
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