Beyond his falsehoods, his businesses, his intentions to become president of the United States or his marriage, now broken, with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West has become famous in recent years for his reborn religious zeal. The musician and his family attended an impressive service every Sunday that West hosted, with dozens of singers and a great staging. However, at a time when all facets of his life seem to be adrift, this now upsets the rapper too. Because about 800 of those employees have filed two class action lawsuits for default for which you might have to pay $ 30 million, in return, $ 25 million.
In 2019, the 43-year-old entertainer took his Sunday Mass across the United States, bombastic shows full of music and prayer. He knew how to turn it into a business and his conversion to Christianity resulted in records and clothing lines. Now it is known that the workers of the same have charged him for not paying them their jobs in full, nor did he pay for the overtime, as reported by the newspaper. The sun, who has had access to the lawsuits.
The thing is, California labor laws are very strict in this regard, and remember that both the technical personnel and those who perform are employees of that show, not freelancers occasionally involved. By the way, West is obliged to take care of payments, breaks, meals … something he hasn’t always respected.
West Brands, a Delaware-based limited company that relies on the musician, has received two lawsuits as of January 29, the first from 500 artists and the second from 300 technical employees. However, sources related to the causes have been assured The sun that this is just “the tip of the iceberg” and that more people and more charities will join; In fact, lawyers estimate that a total of up to 1,000 people will join the complaint. A legal source states that there are “hundreds of people in it, but they talk to many, many more. People are very upset about how they have been treated saying this was their worst experience. On the first page of one of the documents – also leaked by the UK newspaper – you can read the various reasons for the requirement: lack of current payments and overtime, providing breaks for meals, giving enough breaks, paying or engaging in illegal business practices .
That same legal source you are quoting The sun says there are many people involved in the case who are willing to talk about those “terrible moments” they experienced in West’s company. What they are now trying to show is that West was the employer of all. “Nobody knows how involved Kanye was, whether he knew what happened or everything happened at the last minute, with bad procedures. he came to an agreement, West would pay about a million dollars ($ 830,000), but if he couldn’t get that $ 25 million.
West’s direct involvement is what’s not clear, because what he usually does is choose the artistic format he wants to give his project and then delegate it to his teams. Legal sources emphasize this: “Kanye West has certainly not paid a bill in twenty years, he hopes his people will take care of it. But he can’t afford to go to court because he can find a jury who isn’t a fan of hers and just watch a rich rapper rip off normal people. “