A former Yeezy employee claims that Kick star Adin Ross declined to donate $1 million to charity as part of a $2 million booking fee to stream with Kanye West.
Adin Ross has streamed with numerous rappers, including 21 Savage, Soulja Boy, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Yachty to name a few.
However, they have not all gone to plan, such as his infamously bizarre Kick stream with Playboi Carti. The rapper was two hours late, exchanged awkward small talk for five minutes, and then left with his payment of $2 million in cash.
Another, which was set to be his biggest of all time, was an allegedly planned co-stream with Kanye West. Despite being in the works, it has been claimed that it fell apart over a payment disagreement.
On April 23, influencer and former employee of Kanye, YesJulz, was hosting a live Q&A session for her fans.
When asked about how Ye felt about streaming with the Kick star, she responded: “I was talking to Adin about doing a stream with Ye and we were going to do it. Adin was going to pay a million and then pay another million to charity. But, he ended up not coming through on the second million to charity and he said something kind of slick.”
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YesJulz said Kanye was going to be on Adin Ross stream for $2M, $1M for Ye, $1M for Charity, but the $1M for Charity was never paid so it never happened 😭 pic.twitter.com/1sPTdeh9f5
— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) April 23, 2024
YesJulz was fired from Kanye’s clothing brand Yeezy a few weeks prior in March, in which they claimed she was given the boot for breaching her NDA agreement and was going to be sued for $8 million. She stated she plans to counter-sue and has been sharing further details of her time working with Kanye ever since.
Adin has admitted he has tried to interview Kanye for years due to being a big fan, but this instance refers to the launch of Ye’s Vultures 1 album on February 10, 2024. Two weeks after it was released, the Kick streamer apologized to Kanye over a payment dispute that he stated stopped the rapper from appearing on his stream.
“When I said that I had money for Ye to come on stream from Kick and Stake, I wasn’t saying, ‘Nobody is throwing money these days,’ as far as like, nobody is paying him,” they added.
It is unknown whether YesJulz was referring to this particular instance, as no time frame was given, and Adin has not responded to her claims at the time of writing.
Despite Kanye also falling out with Kai Cenat in an ongoing dispute in which he has further called him an “industry plant,” Adin has said that he “would love to have Ye come on stream. The offer still stands.”