A new report claims that the Yeezy designer used anti-Semitic rhetoric in the workplace for years and that he silenced a worker with money about his racist behavior.
- Nov 3, 2022
AceShowbiz - Kanye West's former employees made bombshell allegations against the embattled rapper. According to a new report by NBC News, the Yeezy designer used anti-Semitic rhetoric in the professional settings for years. Additionally, it was said that he silenced a worker with money about his racist behavior.
A former employee told the news outlet that the 45-year-old musician reached a settlement agreement with a former employee who witnessed Ye praising Adolf Hitler or Nazis in business meetings. NBC News noted that Ye denied the claims.
However, the outlet revealed that six additional people, who were also used to work for the ex-husband of Kim Kardashian, alleged that they heard the "Donda" artist either "mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people or praise Hitler" in the workplace over the past five years.
Ryder Ripps was the only one to speak on the record while the rest opted to go anonymous. Ryder, a conceptual artist who worked with the controversial designer off and on from 2014 to 2018, claimed he previously pushed back on the rapper's remarks because he is Jewish himself.
"He had told me a bunch of s**t about like, how, 'Nazis are good at propaganda,' " the creative designer shared. He went on to say that the "Gold Digger" hitmaker once said in 2018, "You're not offended that like I'm interested in Nazis or something."
Ryder claimed that he initially didn't take Ye seriously, but he appeared to change his mind after seeing how the hip-hop star went on social media to rant about Jewish people. "This is dangerous, and disgusting, and actually violent," he opined. "With this pattern that's happening and with the doubling and tripling down of all this, it's pretty obvious that this is some kind of disgusting, hate-filled, strange Nazi obsession."
A similar report emerged last month. In an October 27 report, four separate sources claimed to CNN that the rapper suggested to name the record, which was released in 2018, "Hitler" before eventually going with "Ye".
A former business executive who worked with the father of four revealed that he had an affinity for the Nazi leader and praised the dictator "by saying how incredible it was that he was able to accumulate so much power." The executive also claimed that the rapper "would talk about all the great things he and the Nazi Party achieved for the German people."
Additionally, the executive shared that Ye read "Mein Kampf", the 1925 autobiographical manifesto written by the Nazi Party leader, and admired his use of propaganda. It was also said that West's interest in Hitler was well known in his inner circle.
