Nobody should be surprised that we’re getting another lawsuit from one of Kanye West’s former employees at the short-lived Donda Academy.
On Thursday, Benjamin Deshon Provo, a Black man, filed a suit in Los Angeles claiming that the “Vultures” rapper treated his Black staffers worse than his white staffers. Provo worked as a security guard for the now-defunct Donda Academy.
In court documents obtained by the Daily Mail, Provo claims that white people on Ye’s staff were paid at least $5 more per hour than Black employees. He also alleges that West randomly demanded that he shave his locs, telling him, “Alright y’all, it is time for you to shave your heads. I am not messing around.”
When Provo refused, an associate of West told him, “Kanye said, ‘Tell the one with the dreads to shave his head or he is fired.’”
Provo’s refusal resulted in his termination.
Earlier this month, another former Donda Academy employee accused West of treating white staffers better than his Black staffers, but the allegations did not stop there.
In his lawsuit, Trevor Phillips claims that West did many odd and inappropriate things including watching “The Batman” on mute, pretending to “please” himself in front of others, threatening to punch a staffer and ranting about the greatness of Adolf Hitler.
According to Rolling Stone, Phillips recalled a time when Ye had the intention of installing a jail in the school as a way to punish students.
Similar to Provo, Phillips was fired after Ye wasn’t happy with how he tended a garden. Allegedly, in front of a crowd, Ye told Phillips to “get the fuck out of here” and that he was fired.
In an attempt to keep his job, Phillips pleaded with Ye, explaining that his daughter and brother both attended Donda Academy and that he was dealing with medical issues. West allegedly didn’t care and told him, “‘F**k your daughter. I don’t give a fuck about none of that.’”
He also claimed in the lawsuit that the rapper later threatened to punch him in the face.