Phantom Labs worked on the rapper’s “Donda 2” release show as well as his canceled Coachella performance, among other events.
“Event after event, Ye and his representatives promised that if Phantom continued work on the budgeted and approved projects, Phantom would be paid promptly for the balance and the new work,” wrote“More recent events have made clear that defendants have no intention of paying Phantom,” King wrote. “Despite receiving multiple demand letters from Phantom, defendants continue inexplicably to withhold payment.
In a statement, a spokesman for Phantom said the lawsuit was a last resort: “We are incredibly proud of the work that we did with Ye and are disappointed that such a fruitful relationship has come to this. A celebrity weaponizing fame and reputation to take advantage of eager collaborators is simply unacceptable.”
A spokeswoman for the rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday. According to Phantom’s lawsuit, the company also worked on four weeks of “Sunday Service,” as well as Ye and’s “Free Larry Hoover” concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The firm says it was paid millions in fees over the years, but that “significant overdue invoices began to pile up” as time went by. Phantom says it continued to take on work in hopes of being paid the outstanding balance, up until Kanye’s well-publicized withdrawal from Coachella.
“Just weeks after promising to make Phantom whole from the reported $9 million payday he was to receive for performing at Coachella, Ye suddenly pulled out of the festival—not only reneging on promises to pay Phantom’s multi-million-dollar balance, but also saddling Phantom with an additional $1.1 million in Coachella-related cancellation fees and other expenses incurred doing work on Coachella at defendants’ request,” the suit added.
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