Achieving membership in an oppressed identity group doesn’t pay until you learn how to monetize it. Dank Demoss demonstrates how the concept of fatphobia can be converted to cash:
A plus-sized rapper who describes herself as a BBW — aka “big beautiful woman” — is suing Lyft after one of the company’s drivers allegedly told her she was too large to ride in his car.
Dank weighs in at a quarter of a ton.
The driver, who was afraid she would damage his tires even if she could fit in the car, apologized and advised her to order an XL vehicle.
Not good enough. The oppressed plus-sized person wants money on the grounds that being too big for the car “hurt my feelings.”
A Lyft spokesperson told The Post that the company couldn’t comment on specific incidents caught up in litigation but they condemned discrimination.
No doubt they will settle for a small fortune.
Detroit rapper Dank DeMoss (489 lbs) was denied a ride using the rideshare app, Lyft because she couldn’t fit in the car…
Craziest part: Her attorneys are suing Lyft on grounds that “It would be no different than a driver pulling up and saying ‘I don’t want black people in my… pic.twitter.com/R3Ql0R8xkL
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) January 28, 2025
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