Kanye West Reportedly Settles Donda Academy Lawsuit Over Wrongful Termination & Wages

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The case against Kanye West over wrongful termination and unpaid wages at Donda Academy was going to start trial in just a few weeks.

Kanye West is apparently going back to some of his old ways, as he will reportedly reunite with the Sunday Service on March 16. But some remnants of his past saw a very different development this week. Ye reportedly settled a lawsuit against him from former employees of his Donda Academy school, who sued him for wrongful termination and unpaid wages. The trial for this case was allegedly set to begin in just a few weeks. "As an educator with over twenty-five years of experience and having served as the dean of two colleges, [Cecilia] Hailey detected multiple health and safety violations, as well as unlawful educational practices at Donda Academy," the suit alleged.

The lawsuit also claimed that teachers suffered racial discrimination at Kanye West's Donda Academy school. As for the settlement, according to PEOPLE, he must fulfill an agreement within 45 days in order for the plaintiffs to file a request to dismiss the case. However, at press time, it's unclear what this agreement actually consists of. Perhaps the near future will hold more information about this matter.

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Elsewhere, Kanye West is still on his Nazi provocation train, recently calling his embrace of far-right ideology as his "most unbelievable accomplishment to date" on Twitter. Folks continue to debate whether or not fans should continue to engage with his music and art, or if it's finally time to cut all ties. That's a very personal decision at the end of the day, and one we can't pin on any individual. Nevertheless, this is definitely the most extreme version of that we've seen so far, but also the most transparent. It's all just a bunch of attention-seeking, even if the massive celebrity involved doesn't require much work in this department.

Meanwhile, other legal problems are on the horizon. Kanye West faces various allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault. He denies any and all claims, and it's unclear how these accusations will play out in court, if at all. Either way, it joins the mountain of public scrutiny running rampant right now for understandable reasons. At least Ye has one less lawsuit to worry about.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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