Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, his company, and its former chief of staff maintained a hostile and abusive working environment during the development of an app to stream his new album Vultures 2, a suit filed in California federal court says.

The controversial rap singer was previously accused of maintaining substandard working conditions at his Adidas studio in California and of being antisemitic. He has also been sued by Donna Summer’s estate for copyright infringement, though the sides are working on a settlement.

The eight workers here, who included minors, allege that while working for Ye and his company, Yeezy LLC, they were “regularly and viciously bullied for their ages, races, genders, sexual orientation, and national origins/ethnicities,” according to the lawsuit filed June 29 in the US District Court for the Central District of California. “Some team members were called ‘slaves’ while another group chat referred to team members as ‘new slaves,’” the complaint says.

Non-white members were marginalized from key communications and decisions, creating a hostile work environment, the complaint says. And defendants also allege the company only hired White workers for its app development team.

“Members of the app development team, including minors, and including each of the plaintiffs, were tasked with performing work on Defendant Yeezy’s pornography venture, YZY Porn,” the complaint alleges, with minors exposed to pornography.

They allege forced labor, as well as cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment under the Alien Tort statute. They also allege failure to pay wages and overtime, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and several causes of action under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

The plaintiffs seek unpaid wages and overtime wages, plus pre-judgment interest, compensatory and punitive damages, costs, and fees.

The lawsuit also names Yeezy’s former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos as a defendant. Yiannopoulos was also a former Breitbart editor.

According to the complaint, he was previously the subject of media scrutiny for “advocating pedophilia after the emergence of several video clips in which he said that sexual relationships between 13-year-old boys and adults can be ‘perfectly consensual’ and positive experiences for such boys.” He held his position at Yeezy “until at least May 15, 2024,” the complaint says.

Jordanna G. Thigpen of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Benjamin C.R. Lockyer of Chicago, represent the plaintiffs.

The case is DaCosta v. Yeezy LLC, C.D. Cal., No. 2:24-cv-05547, complaint filed 6/29/24.