Kanye West has fired influencer YesJulz from his workforce and is reportedly suing her for allegedly violating her NDA.
Who Is YezJulz and Why Was She Fired?
YesJulz is a well-liked social media persona and expertise supervisor who has been working carefully with Ye on the rollout for his new album Vultures 1. The complicated debacle started to unfold on Tuesday (March 12) on Ye’s Instagram Tales, the place he unexpectedly wrote, “Now we have determined to now not have YesJulz concerned within the roll out of Vultures. All of the exercise on her web page and with our followers previously few days has been unauthorized.”
The firing was stunning contemplating how carefully the influencer documented Ye’s prolonged rollout of Vultures 1, capturing everything of his infamous Las Vegas listening celebration on Instagram Dwell, the place Ye went on a prolonged rant focusing on Jay-Z, Drake and quite a few others.
Shortly after Ye’s announcement on his Instagram, an e-mail presumably written by Yeezy chief of employees Milo Yiannopoulos leaked on X, previously often known as Twitter. The e-mail seemed to be despatched to YesJulz, whose actual identify is Julieanna Goddard.
“Pricey Ms. Goddard, enclosed please discover a letter and assertion of account out of your time with Yeezy. Fines incurred so far on account of your NDA violations come to $7.7m,” it learn. “When you have been a contractor, I suspended enforcement of this debt. It now falls due. Hassan from the compliance workforce will attain out with details about cost. Please observe that any additional violations will accrue extra fantastic. Since you are being terminated for trigger but in addition since you forgot to signal your contract your termination is efficient instantly.”
A follow-up e-mail from Yiannopoulos stated, “Clearly, you’re fired.”
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How Did YesJulz Allegedly Violate Her NDA?
YesJulz’s NDA violation seems to have occurred throughout a Twitter Areas dialog Julz had with quite a few Ye’s fan accounts. The influencer tried to get followers focused on working along with her in creating a “Yeezy Universe” app at no cost, saying she’d reward them with digital cash. Julz then admitted none of those concepts had been authorized by Ye, however stated the Vultures 1 creator, “sees and hears all the pieces. He is aware of how energetic you’ve been. I do know generally it’d really feel such as you may be working all day, on daily basis, and also you’re work shouldn’t be being seen or acknowledged.”
Whereas Julz wrote on X after the printed that she felt “impressed,” the response amongst Ye’s fanbase was divided, with some claiming the influencer was attempting to persuade Kanye’s supporters to work as a part of a “pyramid scheme.”
YesJulz then pushed again on her firing on X writing, “F**ok an NDA. Sue Me,” earlier than sharing an alleged textual content dialog between her and Milo Yiannopoulos that confirmed the far-right commentator referring to Ye’s greatest followers as having “developmental problems” resembling Down syndrome.
Nonetheless, a few of Ye’s followers have seemed to be in assist of the influencer’s exile, with some trolls apparently sending her a pretend e-mail posing as Yiannopoulos. The e-mail learn, “Ye and I’ve been listening to your present twitter areas. We’re prepared to fulfill and rethink subsequent steps and along with your future with YZY and as a contractor.”
“Name me Ye,” Julz wrote on X alongside a screenshot of the pretend e-mail. “All the time right here for YOU.”
XXL has reached out to YesJulz and Milo Yiannopoulos for additional remark.