A morbidly obese Detroit rapper named Dank Demoss sued Lyft ride-share company after one of its drivers denied service.
The driver reportedly told Demoss she was “too big” to fit inside his Mercedes-Benz sedan.
Demoss filed a lawsuit a week after the Lyft driver told her she couldn’t fit in the backseat of his car. “I got no space. My car is small,” the driver told her.
“I can fit in this car,” she told the driver. “How do you know I don’t have no space?”
When Dank Demoss insisted she could fit in the backseat, the driver replied, “Believe me, you can’t… Order a bigger car, please.”
The driver added, “I had a situation before where someone big couldn’t fit on the seat.”
After Demoss shared a TikTok video of the incident, Lyft responded and apologized for the driver’s “unacceptable behavior.”
Plus Size women denied entry into a lyft drivers car pic.twitter.com/ltbiJcC7om
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The rapper’s lawyers claim weight discrimination is illegal in Michigan. They are seeking damages for her emotional distress.
Lyft has settled multiple lawsuits in recent years. But legal experts say Dank Demoss may not have a leg to stand on.
Drivers are not Lyft employees, they are independent contractors driving their private vehicles. They can refuse service within reason, according to Ride Guru.
Female rapper Dank Demoss files a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Lyft 1 week after they apologized to her after a driver denied her service because she was “Too big” (2025) pic.twitter.com/jBhf9QZS5X
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Social media users were unsupportive of her plight. Many X users left cruel comments mocking her weight. Others said Lyft should not have apologized because it proved wrongdoing on the driver’s part.
@iamdankdemoss should be embarrassment about not understanding science and math.
Mass needs space and calculating an obvious out of balance doesn’t take a rocket scientist. What would the airlines say about a single seat for you? Stop crying victim & take charge of your life for…— Pistolannie (@Pistolannie31) January 28, 2025
