Kanye West fired YesJulz and fined her almost $8 million over NDA violations earlier this week, and now she’s responded by sharing damaging messages from a senior member of his team.
Ye cut ties with the influencer on Tuesday (March 12), writing on his Instagram Stories: “We have decided to no longer have YesJulz involved in the roll out of Vultures. All the activity on her page and with our fans in the past few days has been unauthorized.”
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An email purportedly written by Yeezy chief of staff, noted white supremacist Milo Yiannopoulos, that was sent to YesJulz (real name Julieanna Goddard) also leaked.
“Dear Ms. Goddard, enclosed please find a letter and statement of account from your time with Yeezy. Fines incurred to date as a result of your NDA violations come to $7.7m,” the email read.
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“While you were a contractor, I suspended enforcement of this debt. It now falls due. Hassan from the compliance team will reach out with information about payment. Please not that any further violations will accrue more fine.
“Because you are being terminated for cause but also because you forgot to sign your contract your termination is effective immediately.”
A follow-up email from Yiannopolous said: “Obviously, you are fired.”
YesJulz broke her silence on her firing on Wednesday (March 13) and leaked text messages from Yiannopolous in which he called Kanye West’s followers “Down Syndrome megafans” and said they had “developmental disorders.”
Addressing YesJulz’s controversial X Spaces with Kanye fan accounts, in which she brainstormed ideas for a proposed Yeezy app and appeared to try to recruit them to do to unpaid work, Yiannopolous allegedly wrote: “Yews team not thrilled to be associated with this.
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“I’m not sure what it’s even about, apparently there was a pretty strong negative response to some Twitter Space or something. Let me know if you need anything.”
He added: “Surely the last thing we need is bright ideas from Down Syndrome megafans on social media. Half of these obsessive megafans online have developmental disorders.
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“I’m very much not a fan anyway of the fake sounding ‘Tell us what you think!’ outreach. Feels atrociously off brand for Ye and needs a rethink.”
YesJulz captioned the messages: “Heres what Milo, the Chief of Staff who controls who gets hired + fired & when they get paid, thinks about the very fan base that fought so hard to get Ye his first #1 in over a decade.”
Despite being dropped by Kanye West, YesJulz continued to show her support for the rapper and his achievement of “Carnival” going No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Anywhoo, I say all that to say, none of this BS drama should be the focus right now,” she wrote. “We are witnessing history in the making. We have an opportunity to help one of the most iconic artists of our time fight for the equity that creatives should have always had in their art.
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“An opportunity to finally dismantle the label system. & build a new one where fans & artists are in the drivers seat, reaping the benefits and profits, as they should be. Thats what Ye being #1 this time around means. Thats why rallying the fans is so important.”
She added: “Fuck an NDA. Sue me.”
YesJulz also addressed the backlash to her X Spaces, which led to accusations of “scamming” fans and trying to run a “pyramid scheme.”
“Having the discussion with fans in an open forum setting was unconventional, but it allowed for inclusivity & open visibility for an entire fan base to opt in, give feedback, be heard, connect with one another to combine efforts,” she said in part.
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“I was also given specific direction to ‘rally’ the fans, let them each lead their own chapters, activate within their locations- etc.”
She continued: “I never wanted work done for free . I wanted to help the fans present their work to Ye so that he could hire them. Instead of stale ass losers who dont know the slightest thing about culture like Ben Priest & Milo Pedofilist to build his company for him.
“Listen to the space. Its very clear who i am and what i stand for.”
