Kanye West Fired Me Without Paying My Salary – Jonathan Monroe

Popular rapper, Kanye West is currently facing a legal battle against a former employee.

Ye is being sued by security guard, Jonathan Monroe who claims he was sacked by West when he asked to be paid.

According to him, Legal documents state that West agreed that he would pay Monroe $30 per hour in order to provide security at his Malibu home, but he had not received any form of payment before getting fired around October, 2021.

Jonathan added that he is now suing Kanye for unpaid wages, interest on the sum, and punitive damages, three years after his brief employment.

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Kanye West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, entrepreneur and fashion designer. His music draws from a range of genres, including hip hop, soul, baroque pop, electro, indie rock, synth-pop, industrial and gospel.

After his parents divorced when he was three years old, he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.

His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son.

West’s mother, Dr. Donda C. (Williams) West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University, before retiring to serve as his manager. West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois, after living in Chicago.