Controversial rapper and entrepreneur Kanye West is suing his former employee and his attorneys for placing a lien on his onetime Malibu mansion purchased for $57 million and then gutted and sold.

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The leap in value was attributed in part to investors' desire to acquire unglamorous yet financially well-performing shopping centers.