NBC News — Ye, the artist previously known as Kanye West, paid a settlement to a former employee who alleged that he had used antisemitic language in the workplace.
In addition, 6 people who have worked with Ye or witnessed him in professional settings over the past 5 years said they had heard him praise Adolf Hitler or mention conspiracy theories about Jewish people. 3 of them are former employees or collaborators & they said they recalled multiple instances of Ye’s using antisemitic language. The 3 other people said they recalled a 2018 incident in which Ye went on an antisemitic tirade in an interview at TMZ’s offices.
Their accounts, as well as the settlement, suggest that Ye has used such language for years in more instances than previously known to the public.
Ryder Ripps, a conceptual artist who worked with Ye on & off from 2014 to 2018, said he recalled multiple times when Ye spoke positively about Hitler & the Nazis or mentioned anti-Jewish conspiracies during meetings in the summer & fall of 2018. Ripps, who is Jewish, said he pushed back against Ye’s comments at the time but thought they “didn’t seem that dangerous.” After Ye’s most recent wave of statements, however, Ripps said he sees things differently. “This is dangerous & disgusting & actually violent,” he said.
In the settlement reviewed by NBC News, Ye paid a former employee who alleged having witnessed more than 1 incident in which Ye praised Hitler or Nazis in business meetings. Ye denied the claims made by the former employee in the agreement.
CNN reported last Thursday that a business executive who worked for Ye had accused him of creating a hostile work environment through an “obsession” with Hitler & had received a settlement.
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