Rapper Ye (born Kanye West) could soon have to pony up millions of dollars as her faces mounting lawsuits — including his ex-assistant’s for sexual harassment — and “real estate issues.”
The 47-year-old “Heartless” rapper’s potential forthcoming financial strife is exacerbated by the fact that he “doesn’t have any endorsement deals coming in because people don’t want to be in business with him,” an insider told Us Weekly.
The Grammy winner could have to pay “millions,” says the source, who noted he’s “having real estate issues, too.”
Ye’s erratic behavior, including antisemitic and racist rants, has cost himself mainstream success and good standing, both in music and with his Yeezy fashion line.
Earlier this month, his former personal assistant Lauren Pisciotta sued West for sexual harassment, breach of contract and a hostile work environment, according to TMZ at the time. Ye’s lawyer slammed the allegations as “baseless.”
In May 2023, Adidas — which in 2022 cut ties with Ye over his antisemitic remarks — dropped its lawsuit seeking $75 million from the musician, though it planned to continue the matter in private arbitration.
The “Famous” rapper was also sued in April by former Donda Academy employee Trevor Phillips, who accused him of wanting to shave students’ heads and lock them in cages, and said Ye compared himself to Adolf Hitler “minus the gas chambers.”
As for real estate, he slashed the asking price of his $57.3 million Malibu property by $14 million in April, after struggling to sell the gutted beachside mansion. In 2022, Ye also had to take his “Yeezy Campus,” a nearly 4,000-acre Wyoming ranch, off the market after failing to sell it for $11 million.
It isn’t just his finances taking a hit. Insiders last month told TMZ that multiple Yeezy leaders were leaving the company amid Ye’s desire to add a pornography division to the brand. That included Breitbart editor-turned-Yeezy chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos.
While it remains unclear whether the mass exodus was directly linked to Ye’s adult entertainment aspirations, Yiannopoulos’ departure was.
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