US rapper Dank Demoss is filing a suit against a Lyft driver for denying her a ride because of her size.
Dank Demoss, who refers to herself as a plus-sized rapper, in a Jan. 19 post on Instagram claims that a Lyft driver refused her a ride because of her weight. The post also included a video of the encounter that Demoss had recorded.
“AM I WRONG?,” Demoss wrote in the post. “(Lyft) what y’all got to say about this yall driver discriminated against me…I JUST FEEL LIKE YALL TREAT BIG PPLE LIKE SH*T LIKE WE DONT BELONG HERE.”
In the video shared by Demoss, the two can be heard arguing over whether she can fit in the car, with the driver telling her she can’t and that the car’s tires wouldn’t be able to handle the weight.
“I can fit in this car,” she can be heard saying, to which the driver responded, “Believe me, you can’t.” He added he had been in a similar situation before and advised Demoss to book an XL vehicle.
The driver then apologized to Demoss for refusing the ride and said he would refund it so she wouldn’t be charged.
