Seating arrangements at The Breakfast Club had to be swiftly adjusted on Monday to accommodate Dank Demoss, a 36-year-old plus-sized rapper who is currently suing Lyft for discrimination based on her weight. Demoss filed a lawsuit in Detroit late last month after an unnamed Lyft driver refused to pick her up, claiming her size would not allow her to fit in the car.
A lyft driver is now being accused of being fat phobic after denying his costumer after implying she's too big "My car is small" The woman is outraged & is now suing lyft. Thoughts?? She got a valid point??!! pic.twitter.com/BlHIBKGuWs
— Raphousetv (RHTV) (@raphousetv2) January 26, 2025
The situation, which was captured in a viral video, eventually reached the attention of The Breakfast Club’s long-time host Charlamagne Tha God, who invited Demoss to appear on the popular show. However, when Demoss arrived at the studio, the standard guest chair was too small for her 489-pound frame. Initially confronted with an uncomfortable office chair, Demoss was quick to voice her frustration, asking, “This the only seat y’all got?” In response, Charlamagne and another staff member quickly wheeled in a couch large enough to fit her comfortably, which Demoss approved, saying, “This what I’m talking about. Good. This is accommodation.”
NEW: 500-lb rapper who went viral when a Lyft driver refused to drive her, needs to have a couch brought in after she couldn't fit in a chair on the Breakfast Club.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 10, 2025
Lmao.
Rapper Dank Demoss compared herself to the LGBT community and said society needs to accommodate fat… pic.twitter.com/wXl49heQqU
In one segment of the interview, Charlamagne questioned her on her statement. “You walked in and you said the chair was too small so we had to bring the part of the sectional for you to sit in, and you said something. You said ‘now this is what I’m talking about. This is accommodation.’ But we live in a world that’s not always going to be able to accommodate people –“
Before Charlemagne was able to finish his thought, the rapper interjected. “But we should, though. We should. Because we’re not all the same. Why not?”
She continued, “I feel like bigger people should be accommodated the same way we accommodate the LGBT community.”
Charlemagne rebutted, “You compared your situation to the LGBTQ and a lot of people would say ‘LGBTQ people don’t have a choice to be gay or whatever but you have a choice to be plus-sized. So they want you to make better choices: eat right, work out, lose the weight.”
“I feel like I do — I work on myself. When I feel like it’s getting [to be] too much I try to fix it at my pace.”
Social media users were quick to point out the irony of the situation, as she wasn’t able to fit comfortably in a standard chair, but was suing a ride share driver for assuming she wouldn’t be able to fit in a standard car.
If she can't fit in a chair, how was she supposed to fit in a Lyft?
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) February 10, 2025
She just undermined the entire premise of her lawsuit against Lyft by admitting she needs special accommodations. pic.twitter.com/C3SVgBAEgD
Demoss went on to discuss the incident with the driver, her rap career, and her reasons for filing the lawsuit. She expressed that she had no intention of getting the driver fired but felt compelled to speak out because the “discrimination” she had faced was both “illegal” and “wrong.”
The incident in question occurred when Demoss attempted to take a Lyft ride, only to have the driver cancel, stating that she would not fit in the vehicle. Despite her insistence that she could fit, the driver refused to provide service. Afterward, rumors swirled that the driver had been fired, but Lyft has yet to confirm this.
Lyft responded to the controversy by issuing a statement condemning discrimination, affirming that their community guidelines prohibit any form of discrimination based on protected characteristics like race, gender, and national origin. However, the company’s guidelines do not explicitly mention weight as a protected characteristic.
Demoss, undeterred, continued her fight by hiring attorneys Jonathan Marko and Zach Runyan to pursue legal action against the company. Marko likened the refusal to transport Demoss to refusing service based on race or religion, calling it an illegal act of discrimination.
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When you’re THAT OBESE. you’ve GOT to live your life KNOWING that the world isn’t going to accommodate YOU so YOU need to accommodate the world. When YOU order a Lyft, YOU have to order the BIG VAN that can hold your bu$$! YOU can afford it or are you CHEAP too??? Nobody’s going to let you fly commercial without YOU paying for 2 or 3 seats and, even then, I doubt you could fly Economy but only First Class.
I GUARANTEE YOU, THIS IS THE WAY THIS PERSON GOES THROUGH LIFE SUING EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT ACCOMODATE HER
She can’t fit in any car safely. The seat belts I’m sure wouldn’t extend far enough. If she needs a couch instead of a chair, there are many places that can’t accommodate her. What about an airplane? Would she complain if she had to buy the whole row? I’m sure she would complain. Everybody has to deal with things in their life, but you know what? It’ not a one way alley, it’s a two way street. Deal the hand your given. You’re not special. Period.
She literally couldn’t fit in my car if I tried to cram her in.