After a failed attempt at becoming the 46th President of the United States, Kanye West now has to deal with a $1 million class-action lawsuit filed against him for underpaying, or not paying at all, staffers working his “Nebuchadnezzar Opera.”
What We Know:
- Presidential candidate and rapper Kayne West was presented with a lawsuit filed against him back in July for not paying employees who worked at his “Kanye West Nebuchadnezzar Opera,” according to The Blast. Among the defendants is Live Nation, an event promoting and venue organizing company, who is already down $7 billion in revenue due to Covid-19.
- The lawsuit demands $1 million in compensation for “unpaid wages, continuing wages, damages, civil penalties, statutory penalties and attorney’s fees, and costs,” according to a hair assistant who worked the event. The hairstylist also documents in the suit that she was wired $530 four months after the event, although she was supposed to be paid $550, but was paid less due to a “wiring fee.” The stylist was not the only one paid less than they were promised, meaning the defendants repeatedly violated California’s labor code after the event.
- According to the legal document, plaintiffs are demanding indemnification for “[overseeing], [controlling] and [running] the production, and the aggrieved employees worked many hours on the production and were not timely paid for their work, or paid at all.”
- Back in August, the rapper was sued for $20 million by a tech company, My Channel Inc., who claims West used their services for his “Sunday Service” events without paying the group for six months. Mr. West also promised to invest $10 million into the company but failed to accomplish that.
Kanye West has yet to respond to the allegations, probably due to his focus on his failed attempt to run in the 2020 Presidential race. The court hearing is scheduled for November 20th.
