Kanye West has erected a large white wall around the ranch style church he has on his $20million 300-acre property in Calabasas Hills, California.
In new images, a pair of structures are seen completely closed in by the high walls in a section of the sprawling property, owned by the rapper and designer, 43, and his wife, Kim Kardashian, 39.
The Grammy-winning performer had previously tried to erect a set of dome structures in the same location last year prior, to Los Angeles County Department of Public Works officials ordering him to tear them down.
The latest: Kanye West, 43, has erected a large white wall around the ranch style church he has on his 300-acre property in Calabasas Hills, California
Problems arose from the project amid complaints from neighbouring residents who were rankled by the noise and traffic the construction of the domes attracted to the area.
‘Cars everywhere, and it was obviously an imposition on everybody on the street with very little notice,’ one neighbour of the rapper told KCAL.
Authorities made the Bound 2 artist take down the domes – which West drew inspiration from, referencing the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine – in September of 2019, citing a lack of permits required.
Civic-minded: West weighed the possibility of building the structures to help curb the homeless problem in his initial design
Kanye weighed the possibility of building the structures to help curb the homeless problem in his initial design.
A second structure had a large wall bordering the property but not completed the whole way around
Public works officials told CNN of the structures, ‘It’s the objective of our building officials to help property owners build in a way that protects public safety and is in compliance with state and county codes.
‘This is a standard enforcement action for our office, and property owners are given ample time to comply with the order by either removing the unpermitted construction or submitting plans for approval and securing a building permit(s).’
The father-of-four, who shares North, seven, Saint, four, Chicago, two, and Psalm, one, with wife Kim Kardashian, eventually built the domes on property he owns in Wyoming with the reality star.
In an interview with Elle, Kim opened up about Kanye’s motivation for putting on his Sunday Services, which started at home and have travelled across the US – and even to Jamaica – in recent years.
‘It’s honestly more like a healing experience for my husband,’ she said of the music-based performances, which have become hugely popular.
‘It’s just music; there’s no sermon. It’s definitely something he believes in — Jesus — and there’s a Christian vibe. But there’s no preaching. It’s just a very spiritual Christian experience.’
Kanye has reportedly been considering starting his own congregation, though it’s not known if he’d seek to put on more overtly religious services if he made the jump.
However, last month the star got more bad news amid his long-shot presidential run as a company filed a lawsuit against him for failing to pay for multiple services.
MyChannel Inc. claims in its suit that Kanye got the company’s employees to work long hours on his Yeezy brand and his Sunday Service shows while promising to invest tens of millions of dollars in the company, according to TMZ.
The company alleges that West walked away after six months of work without paying while stealing some of its technology to use on his Sunday Service performances.
MyChannel Inc. describes itself as a Black-owned company specialising in video and e-commerce technologies.
It says Kanye began using its services in Spring 2018 to boost sales on his Yeezy line of shoes and clothing.
The company, through its attorneys Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok, claims that the Monster rapper never paid for its services and instead promised to invest $10 million in the company.
In order to make the deal work, MyChannel spent $7 million of its own funds on a Yeezy Apparel, while its workers racked up over 10,000 hours of work.
In the process, Kanye required the company shift its headquarters from Pennsylvania to Calabasas, to be closer to his home, before requiring them to move again to his hometown of Chicago.
Despite all the hoops MyChannel claims to have jumped through, West ended the partnership after six months without paying or investing a cent in the company.
According to Pitchfork, West was accused of stealing the company’s video commerce technology to help boost sales of the expensive clothing and merchandise he sold for his Sunday Service performances.
He also allegedly met with companies like Adidas and referred to MYC’s work while rebranding it as YZY and presenting ‘ideas such as those of [MyChannel] as his own.
MyChannel is suing West and his brand Yeezy Apparel for breach of their oral partnership, cutting into their profits by millions of dollars and withholding his promised $10 million investment.
He’s also being sued for breaking a non-disclosure agreement by copying their technology.
MyChannel are suing the third-party presidential candidate for $20 million and seeking a jury trial.
Kanye flew back to Los Angeles after spending several weeks at his Wyoming ranch and following a short trip to New York.
According to a source who spoke to People, the Runaway rapper ‘really missed the kids and flew to see them.’
Although he put his newest album and his presidential campaign on hold, he reportedly plans on resuming the campaign, despite reports that it and his mental health struggles have put his marriage to Kim on shaky ground.