The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Dank Demoss Talks Lyft Incident, Weight Discrimination, Rap Career, Upbringing, Onlyfans + More

Episode Date: February 10, 2025

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The Breakfast Club. Peace, big day. How you? Good morning. You good? Good morning. What's going on? Nice to meet you. Hi, how are you? How are you? How are you? Good. How are you? Good.

Peace, how you, brother? You good? Nice to meet you, kids. Got it. Yep. This the only seat y'all got? What you want? What you brother? You good? Nice to meet you, kids. Got it. Yep. This the only seat y'all got? What you want? What you need? A bigger chair or something. She already little. We had a...

That's what I'm talking about. Good. This is the accommodation. There you go. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Nega. We are the Breakfast Club. Laura Rose is hanging out with us as well. We got a special guest in the building. Who we got?

We have Big Dank. Dank DeMoss. Welcome. Thank you. How are you feeling today? How are you feeling today? I'm good. Happy to have you.

Thank you. You know, when we first heard about your story, you know, there was a lot of jokes made Everybody made jokes including us, but when I heard you was a rapper I was like, you know, why not have her up here and have a have a conversation see if this could I don't know Help something Make the most of make the most of the moment Thank you, absolutely Where you from Detroit Detroit tell us about but no, this is your question, NB.

Go ahead. This is what you do. This is what you do. For people that don't know, a lot of people, of course you're from Detroit, you're a rapper from Detroit, so you're highly known in Detroit and a lot of different places, but you got publicized recently

because of an incident that you had with Lyft, the Lyft driver. You ordered a Lyft and you could tell it from there. I ain't wanna go there. I just wanted to ask you, you always say plant for people who don't know who big thank you people have to connect the dots how long you been doing music thing how long even though music I've been doing music for a long time I took it seriously in 2016 mm-hmm what got you into music um my dad did music and after he died, I just took it seriously.

He was a rapper? Yeah. And you were on Debs House as well. I was. On what? Debs House. Debs House. How was that?

It was good, you know. It was a learning experience. Yeah, it was a learning experience. It was okay. Did it help or hurt you in any way like your music. Um, I Mean I'm doing the same thing. I was doing before you know You know, it was okay you won't say the wrong thing You were really teary-eyed.

Yeah, I was teary-eyed because... Was she tough or was it... What was that about? Explain what Deb's House is. Yeah, so Deb's House is a show where she brings... Deb Antony brings the rap... Waka Flocka's mom. Waka Flocka's mom.

She's discovered some of the biggest and the best. Nicki Minaj, a bunch of people. But she brings the rap girls on and she tries to coach them through building their careers. And then at the end, there's one that she picks that she focuses on. You didn't make it to the end, but you were on the show. But one of the clips that I remember seeing going viral from you was when you were breaking down, you were really upset. Talk about that moment.

Just what the experience was like. So I just felt like I was put in a... Okay, so a lot of people said I was being difficult, but I felt like I was put in a difficult situation. I was in a store that I could fit nothing. So when I finally found something that I could fit, it was like, oh, that's not a boss. Take that off.

So I felt some type of way. But yeah, I just felt like I was put in a difficult situation, and I was trying. I was seeing everybody able to fit things. And I'm getting frustrated because I can't find nothing, I don't wanna make nobody mad, I wanna look good and stuff like that. So that's why I started crying,

I was a little frustrated. You know, you walked in and you said the chair was too small so you had to bring the part of the sectional for you to sit in and you said something, you said, and this is what I'm talking about, accommodations, right? But we live in a world that's not always

gonna be able to accommodate people that are plus size. But we should though, we should because we not all the same, you know? I feel like we should, like why not? I feel like, I feel like a lot of times people think that bigger people obese, the F word people should just be in the house when it's like we not- The F word?

Yeah, the F word. I'm not- You heard that you can't say in your house, fat. You don't like it? Oh! I'm not saying that word. Yeah, we don't use that word in my house either. I thought you were talking about the gay slur.

I'm like, wait, I'm confused. No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. But I just feel like it should be accommodated. Bigger people should be accommodated. Just like we accommodate the LGBT community. You know, all those other communities. I just feel like we outside, you know, if we inside is get up, why you in the house?

You should be doing this, you should be doing that. When we outside, it's like, why you you in a house you should be doing this you should be doing it when we outside is like Why why you not in a house? Well people would say okay? Who actually told you that cuz like that's crazy. I don't believe that you know f people should stay in the house I mean, but I mean that's just that's how it is we go outside and people looking at us crazy like you know We we getting stared at for what? Because we big? You know, like. I know a lot of times, even seeing it like, with like how Liz, although she's lost a lot of weight now,

you know how it could be like some of the clothes that the F people wear, you know, with things hanging out and y'all, you know, try to wear things that the smart, the S people be wearing. I don't be wearing I don't live in a world where I'm the skinny people when the the F people I don't that's not my reality I am a human being I am regular just because I'm my son with my mom like I said I've been doing this a long time and when I said

I've been doing this a long time I've been putting on for people like me for a long time I did a naked excuse me. I Did a naked photo shoot in 2017 now all the big girls showing a stomach they showing skin You know, we did people wasn't doing that we had porn stars doing it, but we didn't have regular people doing it I ain't doing it. I think I'm like I'm aware wear what I wanna wear. I'ma be cute with it too, you know? I think a lot of, I think part of it is, is like yourself, you're speaking up about it. A lot of bigger people don't speak up about it, right?

Mack, who's one of the producers up here, was a lot bigger, he lost a lot of weight. But I didn't know all the problems that he had until he spoke about it, because it's just something that you don't think about it. Like he said he would get on a plane and it would be difficult, you know? He said he would go to the gym, it would be difficult.

But those are things that we just don't think about, because I think people don't ever make it a thing. So the fact that this incident happened puts it on people's minds, so you can tell what you have to deal with, because you know, these are some of the things that we don't have to deal with. Again, the plane situation, that's not my reality.

Anytime I shout out to Southwest because they accommodate bigger people. If you need two seats, they're gonna give it to you for free. If you pay for two seats, they gonna refund you. Really? I don't have that problem. Like, even if I-

You know that. Yeah, you know that is. That's what I'm saying, we don't speak about it. Like last time I went to Delta, they said- Delta charged you. You might need two seats ma'am, but we're gonna let you get on this time. I never have a problem with my seating

when I get on a plane. I never have problems. When I come into a room, I demand my respect, and I'm sweet, I'm a nice person, so I feel like people respect that. I respect you, you respect me. I never, it's never issues with me. The issue be when the steering or the judging or you know stuff like that

And then a lot of people will look at me and be like, oh she just she eat she do this she do that all the time That's not my reality either. Like, you know, I do eat but I don't just sit down. I don't just I'm not 600 pound life. That's not my life. You know, I think it's more so like coming from a health standpoint too, you feel me? Like you, have you ever had anybody that, like one of your friends maybe, that try to get you, like help you to lose weight or, you know, or fear for your life, you know, or like.

I really don't, yes I do. I really don't like. Wanna lose weight? No, I didn't say that. I really don't have friends for real. I have like family and people that's been around me for a long time. Me and my cousins, we go to the gym.

I got a gym at my house. I go to the gym. I got workout videos. You also have your weight specialist here with you. I heard you lost 80 pounds recently, right? Yeah, I actually did. Oh, congratulations. But people be forgetting, when I was little,

I wasn't skinny. brothers are skinny my brother I grew up with two skinny brothers like when you were younger. Yes, I was never I was never small, you know, I was okay How much did you weigh when you came up? You remember when I did what when you came up? He's a rapper. No I don't know but I don't know but I had a lot of baby fat on me. Like you see some pictures, I had baby fat, but I was really active. I did plays, I did singing, and I did cheering,

and I did stuff like that. I was just a big baby. And see, I like big babies, because the skinny babies, they be a little too corporate for me. Yeah, but sometimes it could be cute, but it's gonna stick on them and it's gonna, you know, it could stick on them.

You always look like a baby when you tell me though, no matter how old you get. Yeah, my parents. You have a baby face. Yeah. Yeah, my parents, they did all they could. Like my brothers was skinny. I grew up with skinny kids.

Before my dad died, they kept me in the hospital for like a few months and And I actually did get down, I got down to almost 300 pounds. After my dad died, I gained 150 pounds plus more. He was grieving depression. I don't know what was going on, I just know I was taking care of my mama and my brothers and I was doing me, I was in the streets

and I was just trying to make sure everything was okay. Then one day I went to the doctor, but look though, y'all wanna know what's crazy? I got up to like 598 and I didn't even know it, but I was still doing stuff that I thought I could do. Like I was still trying to go to the gym, still trying to walk around and stuff like that. I realized it was a problem when I just,

I couldn't do what I used to do no more. And I'm breathing like, like, I could put my own shoes on or whatever, but it was harder. I didn't want to get up, but I pushed myself to get up. You know, when I started feeling like, dang, I gotta push myself to get up. I went to the doctor, I was 598.

I said, aw, hell no. As I told my mom, I was like, ma, I'm never gonna get to 600 pounds. When I get to 600 pounds, I'm gonna give up. So when I was 598, I said, oh no, no. And I'm sure doctors have told you, you need to probably lose weight for health reasons. Of course, of course.

But the funny thing is, every time I go to the hospital and I get tests ran, it's like there's nothing. As far as high cholesterol, you know the typical what people think. No cardiovascular issues. No cardiovascular issues. No breathing issues. Even though my dad died from a heart attack, it's because of his family, you know, stuff like that.

Blood issues run in our family, but I never, you know, but thyroid is a big thing. They're giving you the wrong testing. You trying to figure it out? We're going to figure it out. How old are you? 29. 29. 29. 29. I was about to say, cause I have a,

I have a, Yeah, I was gonna say that. I have a friend that deals with thyroid and she also has a lot of trouble keeping weight down. Like a lot of, it's like a big thing for her. She's done multiple surgeries too and she still gains the weight back with the thyroid. Yeah.

So let me ask you a question. So you said you do want to lose the weight. What are you doing to lose it and do you mind? And the reason I asked do you mind is, take us to Big Mac again. Big Mac lost about what, 150 pounds? I'm not sure, he lost a lot. He lost a lot.

But he's not happy in his skin. He was happier when he was bigger, like more excited. Well he said he's not happy because he got too much skin now. Like you know how you lose weight in the skin still? No, no, no, he just said he feels better, happier. He really wanna be bigger. He wants to be bigger. Yeah, he did. Oh, he didn't. He just said he feels better, happier. He really want to be bigger.

He wants to be bigger. Yeah. Oh, he didn't told me that. No, he didn't. He said he wants to be bigger. Like it doesn't feel like he is himself. I can't understand that because I want to get like smaller because I want to do more things as far as like being out of breath too fast because I'm really active for my size. Like I like to do a lot of stuff. I saw you fall the other day on stage.

That was like 2017. That was cute. It was cute. But I just popped out because of everything going on. It was real cute though. Man, cut it out. For real, look, I think I'm playing like y'all. Cut it out, Nas.

I'm trying to have a mature conversation. I'm trying to have a mature conversation, Nas. Cut it out, man. It was five words. I'm having a... I'm too tall for that. I'm trying to have a mature conversation. I'm trying to have a mature conversation, Nas.

Cut it out, man. I'm trying to have a mature conversation, Nas. Cut it out, man. I'm trying to have a mature conversation, Nas. I'm trying to have a mature conversation. I'm really trying to have a mature conversation, Nas. I ain't trying to... Listen, though. It was five of us. I lived in a... I'm like, you're too tall for that. You...

I lived in a family with five of us. My dad was big. My mom was a little big. Then it was three of us. We drove a PT Cruiser. We was all packed up in it. It sure wasn't all of that. Stop, stop.

I swear to God. I swear to God. I'm gonna fight you now, D.A.G. Y'all sing on my... All of four of y'all in a PT Cruiser. It was five of us. My dad big. I swear to God! Bro! I swear to God! It was five of us! My dad beat! Bro! I swear to God! Bro! Okay!

I swear! Bro! It happened! I'm trying to tell y'all it happened! No! No! That's not why I got mad! I felt like I should have been accommodated! That's not why I got mad. I felt like I should have been accommodated. That's not why I got mad. I couldn't believe that shit.

And that's not the, like, accommodate me. Like I said, that was the first time that shit happened to me because if it wasn't, I would have been comfortable. I would have called another Lyft. You know, I just couldn't believe it. Like, I was just like, damn, for real? Okay, so I do believe you about the PCP. Come on, grab on, get on couldn't believe it. Like I was just like, damn for real. Okay, so I need to see this. I do believe you about the PT Cruiser.

Come on, grab on and get on the mic, bro. I do believe you about the PT Cruiser, but how long did that car last? It last a minute. She got her guy keys with her. Wait, it last a minute because we had it when I was in high school and when I was about to graduate. Oh, so this was a minute ago.

Yeah, when I was about to graduate. I was big though. I was like 5'32". I was in high school and when I was about to graduate, yeah, when I was about to graduate, I was big though. I was like 5'32". I was always big. Yeah, I was 5'32' in high school. So break down the incident and what happened now for people that don't know, they heard the story. So I was getting ready for my cousin's watch party,

the Lions game or whatever, and I ended up ordering me a lift. You know, it was like 15 minutes. And you order a lift all the time? It's never an issue. Yes, I do. It was like 15 minutes away, the driver's here, I went downstairs, as I'm walking to the car,

he looking funny, doors getting unlocked, I'm just like, they don't even gonna let me in your car, I'm like, for real? So I put my camera out, and it's like, why you not letting me in your car? Like I kind of peeped, that's what he was on, because the look at me, I've seen that look before, you know, so that's how that happened.

And this is the first time this has ever happened? The first time. And you normally order, cause I know one of the things too, people, like there was conversation like, well, she should have ordered a bigger car, like the XL, whatever. You normally order the regular cars.

Yeah, I always ordered the regular cars and I feel like I don't have to order an Uber XL or a Lyft XL. I feel like I don't have to do that. That same car Lyft XL. I feel like I don't have to do that. That same car was a Mercedes. To the mic, to the mic, brother. That same car was a Mercedes and it's the same car that her best friend has and she rides in that same exact car.

Man, look, I be chillin'. That's why when she saw that car, she said, okay, I can fit in that. Big people know what cars they can fit in. Do they though? Yeah, we do. I can fit in any car. She not gonna dress herself like that.

What type of car you got? You can't dress herself like that. Right now I got a, what do I got? You got a little Lincoln, you got a truck. She ain't just getting big. Yeah I got a little Prius. I can fit in there. You can't fit in no Prius.

Yes I can, I can fit in there. She just told you that she sat in a PT Cruiser and she was fine. Yes I did, I was in a PT Cruiser. Yes. We was in an S-Court too. I don't believe did I was in a PT Cruiser. Yes. I was we were we was in the escort, too I don't believe you can fit no Prius though. Yes, I can her back both You're not playing with me, man. You're not playing with me. You're not playing with me.

You're not playing with me. You're not playing with me. You're not playing with me. Now you got, now the world is cruel and I know you got those jokes and everybody was joking you, but how are you because of that? Cause you know, it has to be emotional distress. It has to be problems. It had to make you hit it differently or are you a big skin person like Effing?

I just feel like the thing that bothered me for real that made me make that video is because they kept on saying I got the man fired. I never contacted them. I never did nothing. I never did none of that. I left him alone. I did what I had to do. But when it comes to the comments and stuff like that, I've been going through this all

my life. It's nothing new to me. I don't feel like I need to over-stimulate myself with the comments or respond for real. My favorite get back is your mama or oh, you know, but I'm really yeah What's the old the old is like? Oh you you should this you should have did this or that or you need to go to The gym. I just like oh I feel like I feel like I got very tough skin because at the end of the day I have to be dank and the world know me as dank.

They don't know me as Deja. They're getting to know Deja, because I'm everywhere as Deja now. But I feel like Deja is for at home. Dank is for y'all. So when I seen this, Jess was like, oh, she going to make a video about us. I said, no, I want to talk to y'all.

Because y'all don't know me. You said something earlier, you know, you compared your situation to the LGBTQ and a lot of people would say, well, LGBTQ people don't have a choice to be gay or whatever, but you have a choice to be plus size. So they want you to make better choices, eat right, work out, lose the weight.

I feel like- What you mean? They don't have a choice to be gay. I feel like I do. People do. You born gay. You born gay. Hey, just don't you start. That's the debate right there.

That is, but for most, let's just hypothetically say they're born gay. I feel like I do, I work on myself, you know? And when I feel like I'm getting, it's getting too much, I try to fix it, you know, like at my pace, you know and when I feel like I'm getting is getting too much I try to fix it you know like at my pace you know You understand? Yeah and we have a weight specialist right here. There's our weight specialist fix her mic.

What's your name ma'am? Stormy Anderson. Stormy Anderson. Stormy gonna get it right. Dr. Stormy. Thank you. One time you know when you have these conversations with plus size people, it always comes up that, oh, everybody that's, you know, big isn't unhealthy.

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And she's lost 80 pounds. Your 80 pounds go look different from her 80 pounds, right, because she started at 580. So even with her being at 500, people be like, she's still not losing, but that's not the case. Well, her thyroid makes it very difficult for her to lose weight, because her hormones is unbalanced.

So when your hormones is unbalanced and they're all over the place, it controls a lot of things, and it makes it very difficult for you to lose weight but keep it off as well. So I think for her, she's consistent because she done lost 80 pounds. But it's hard.

And she's too big for surgery. I was gonna ask you, do you suggest surgery? So we're gonna try surgery after she has to reach at least 300, so that's our goal. 300, get her down to 300 and then she'll do her surgery. That's what I always told Mac. I always told Mac I would get him the surgery, but he had to get to a certain weight.

So once he gets down, if you want to get the surgery, you know. What surgery would you suggest? Is it waist? So either the sleeve, the gastric sleeve, or the gastric bypass. Now, can the sleeve bust? Sometimes you hear about the sleeve bursting. Yeah, and there's complications with those, too.

So that's why we're just trying to find a more safe alternative route, but we gotta get her down a little bit because you don't want all that fat around her heart, right? And when she go into surgery. Now what is she doing to lose the weight? Like what's the procedures, you know, break it down for us. So she's on medical weight loss.

She's on semaglutide. Which is sort of like ozempic, but with milder side effects. So she comes to our spot every week to get her injections and then she's on our weight loss supplement Which we formulated with the pharmacist to help her with her multivitamin and just keeping her everyday Nutrition going once you get a man like to stress you out you in Detroit. It's a lot of niggas I'm good. I'm focused. I'm straight.

I'm good. But look, so does she need, I'm sorry, what's your name? Stormi. Stormi, yeah. Does she need, absolutely need the surgery? I mean, I know some people, they work, work, work to lose weight. And then they figure since they already working out they can just keep on working out like she don't absolutely have to have the surgery right? No she don't have to have the

surgery I tell her when she gets to that 300 go about how you looking how you feel because that's a big jump from 600 or 582 to 300 pounds that's a whole nother half of a person. And she may not even want to do the surgery after a while. Exactly. What are some things she could, what are some things that anybody her size can do to lose weight healthily? So you want to watch your carb intake. All your carbs turn into sugar, right? Of course your sugar intake.

You want to increase your water. A lot of people don't drink water. And a lot of people got detox issues. Their gut ain't healthy. So you got to get your gut healthy before you even try to lose weight because it's just sitting there, them toxins just sitting there.

So I think that was the major three. And it's a mindset thing. If you're not mentally prepared to lose weight or mentally prepared to go all in with your health and your wellness, you're not gonna do it. That's why when you said, you said, yeah, I'm her mental,

I was like, wait, what's going on? I thought something was happening to her. I'm like, why the nurse is here? But what on the mental side of things, not just what she's eating and physically what she's doing, what do you guys talk through? Is she like, is it like therapist there? Is there?

Yeah, you gotta get her mindset together. Even like with this, this a big transition with the Lyft and everything. This can set her back. She can go into a whole depression when now she wanna eat. She don't wanna come to the spot and get her injections. So for me as her provider,

I need to make sure her mindset is right. Like she said, she's been going through this since she was little, but it don't make it right. Now does insurance cover this or do you have to come out your pocket? Cause that's another thing that could affect people as well because if they can't afford it. It's a lot of out of pocket.

A lot of, a lot of insurances won't pay for it. So they'll wait till you get the high blood pressure, the diabetes to pay for the medicine. So it's a lot of people who can't afford it. And that's what I'm more concerned about than anything. You know what I mean? Whenever I see people of this size, people like to say I'm a fat shamer.

I'm not a fat shamer. I'm just a person that wants to see people healthy. Right? People live. Yeah. You know, like you seem like a very talented person. You got a great personality. I can feel your aura as I'm sitting here. I want you to live a long time.

Not like my life is promised tomorrow, you know what I mean? But I wanna, I try to do things to prolong my life as much as possible. And I'd like to see people like you do the same. That's all. When you say he's not a fat shamer, you look, you don't believe him? He just like fat jokes.

I'm sorry, I'm not a fat joke. No, cause I'm here in the flesh with y'all. So it's like, I mean, that's y'all job, you know? One thing I would- You don't like that joke, be honest. Um. Ask her if she like short jokes. I don't know, like, I don't know,

like, why would I like fat jokes? Some of them just be funny. I mean, cause I be laughing at the shit some people say to me. You laugh at some of them fat jokes. So I be funny, but it don't mean that I like it. What's somebody had said to you that you laughed at? Um, I don't know, but I know I just laugh at a lot of stuff sometimes. You know, I'll be like, Mottis, look what they said over here.

I can't, I don't know. What about if somebody said you battle rapping and they say it's a 20 v 1, but it's just you and another person? I'd probably be like, what they mean? What's that mean? We're saying we're in the 20 v 1 already. Say check out Mommie on 20 v 1. I'd probably be like, what they mean? What's that mean? What's that mean? We didn't even 20 years ago already. What that mean?

Yeah. So you check out my real 20 v 1. Has a car ever pulled up and you was like, I know my big ass ain't getting in there. No. Has that ever happened? No. No. Lying.

I saw it not just. I swear. I don't think like that. Like I said in an interview, I don't have a big person head. Like I don't have a big person mindset. No, for real y'all. For real, no look. I don't have a big person mindset.

I'm skinny in my head. I'm skinny, like I said. I go to the gym. I bet if it was four 125 pound bad drunk bitches, he would've let they ass in. He would've fit they ass in. That's 500 right there. I bet he would've fit me.

When I go to the gym, I feel like I'm already skinny. That motivates me. I go in the gym like this. It happens. Keyes just made a damn good point. What happens? He said if it was four or five bad 100 pound women, plus 125 pound bad, and they get in there drunk, belligerent, he's gonna say, hey, go get them. a hundred bad a hundred pound women plus you know 125 pounds

Lights on Did you get comfortable in your skin right because you wear whatever you want to wear. You don't care what people say. So when did you get that comfortable? I feel like it started- When she did that naked photo shoot. No, it was before that girl. I just feel like- When did you make the OnlyFans? Was that when you were comfortable? When I make the OnlyFans.

I probably made that like a couple years ago. But when I got comfortable in my skin, it started as a kid because like, when I would get ready for school, and if I had on a big shirt or something, I'd just look crazy. My daddy be like, you look good baby girl, or you beautiful baby girl.

My mama be like, girl take that shit off, take that off. But I feel like it started at a young age because like I said, I used to get picked on. I used to fight all the time, so they made sure I felt good within myself. So, you know? And I really started popping out of my shell in college. And you said you got an OnlyFans?

I do. Oh, they running it up too. They running it up on the OnlyFans. Man, they running it up. I don't know, y'all just gonna have to go. How much you making on an OnlyFans? Thank them all. gonna have to go slow. How much you making on the only thing? She can't tell us. She can't tell us.

How much you making? That's where the money coming at. What you making them at? Allegedly. She said, stay out of my pocket. What did you used to shop at when you were younger? Lane Bryant? No, I never.

I don't shop at big people places. She just saying she skinny, yo. She shop at Lane Bryant. In my head. Right. We can shop too though. We make some adjustments. Rainbow, you know? I got me a little sewing machine, you know?

Hey. So. Oh, so you make a lot of your own clothes. Yeah, I like to do that. Do you get mad at the clothing stores? No, I don't. OK. Because if I feel like I buy clothes that I want to wear

when I get smaller, like, I got clothes with tags on it. That's my motivation. That's right. Yeah. Has this situation helped hurt your music career? Cause I don't want you to become a novelty big dude. I feel like I am going wherever God takes me. I feel like if this was his plan, it was his plan.

I manifest everything. I didn't know that it would, I would have to go through what I'm going through right now to be where I'm at. But it helped my streaming. A lot of people is negative, but I don't, whatever. People gonna be negative. And that's whether you were skinny, medium, or- They gonna talk about me when I get small too,

but it's cool. So you wanna get small, that is the goal. Yeah, but I don't wanna get too small, because I'm short, so. No, please, yeah, please don't get too small. Yeah, I'm like five feet, so even if I was to lose like another 100 pounds, I'm still be big. You're still taller than Charlamagne also, so it's.

I'm 5'6". You die 5'6", you freaking liar. But I just wanna be comfortable. Stormy said You die 5'6", you freaking liar. But I just wanna be comfortable. Stormy said you're 5'6", you're mine. I ain't 5'6". Comfortable. I'm 5'6". Are you worried that people will only identify Big Dink

from her physical appearance and won't ever really take your music serious? No, cause I make good music. I make beautiful music. I sing, I rap, I write for people. Probably some people y'all heard. I saw Ghostwriter in your bio and you asked him. Yeah, I write.

I feel like I am a great artist. So I don't, you know, but even when I get smaller, I'm still going to be Big Dink. I mean, you're right. Nobody should have to deal with what you had to deal with. I do feel, I do have empathy for both you and the lift driver though but keys bought up a good point if it was for five hundred fifty pound people he probably would have found a way so that does make me look at things a little bit different but I I can understand why he would feel that way when he pulled up he

just didn't know I don't think he meant any harm by it he didn't and he was I don't feel like he was disrespectful did Did you feel like he was disrespectful? I just felt like it was no effort. I don't feel, I mean, I feel like it was just no effort. I just really couldn't believe that the day had happened. He was saying that, you know? That he refused to drive you around. I don't fought him, but I do fought the company because it's like, this is't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't,

I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, that to you, you know. You think if he was black he woulda did that? Cause I think if he was black he woulda had more of an understanding. I feel like when it comes with. In that area, they're like that.

What is this notorious fat shamers? No. No, it's the ethnic. That's what I'm saying. The black people have aunties, they have family members that are bigger so you understand more. You know what I mean?

And for the record, they never, Lyft never issued a statement saying he was fired or they're not contracting with him anymore. Did Lyft apologize? Did they reach out to apologize? They tried to, but it's like. So they did try to contact you directly. Yeah.

And you didn't want to take the call, why not? Because I don't want to, you know? And I feel like y'all need to make change to your app. You know, I don't wanna talk. What do you want them to change? I want them at least to like accommodate us. You know, I feel like we shouldn't have to pay more for Uber XL or something like that.

And I also feel like they need to be checking their workers' cars to make sure, you know, they know where with the tires, it's not squeaking or anything like that. I just feel like it should be like, you over this weight or you know, and they'll see you the car You know cuz we wouldn't have to go through that like in the app before you order Feel comfortable low if they say well, what's your weight because they do like if you really you really think about it, if you order a Lyft or Uber, they'll say, do you need a baby seat? They'll say, do you have an animal?

How much you weight now? How much, four, how much you weight now? Minus that 80, shorty, minus that 80. Yeah, 489. So if you put 489, then it's just deny, deny, deny. Like would you be upset? I feel like, yeah I would, cause what? You gotta live too, she has to get places. yeah, I would

You know you asked me how much I wait, you know, so that means you should have something for me But I just feel like I can fit in in there. I'ma hop in there. I was just saying, you not about to hop. No, don't do that. I'm hopping, I'm hopping, I'm skipping. I ain't running, but I do. I hop. I'm putting my prius to the front right now. You cannot get in.

Bro, come on, where is it? Huh? Yeah, I got a little prius. Yeah, he definitely did. I hop in there. I hop in there, look. Let me ask you a question. You said that the word, the F word, the fat, is a slur.

Yes. How do you feel about that? Growing up, because I was the only bigger person, bigger child in my household, we couldn't say that. So how do you feel about the term big backs? I just feel like, well, it's cute. We do have, I do have a big back. Sound like a teen.

Yeah, I do. The big have a big bag like a team Making all the jokes running up. Kind of. See what I'm saying? They got clipped back. He spit fire, y'all. Did you try to, after this happened with you with Liv, did you try to, I guess for like the lawsuit or proven purposes, I don't know if this is a thing that y'all would do, like order the same car but via like Uber or something

and see if they would treat you differently? No, it's because it's not a game to me. I'm not trying to figure, I'm not trying to see. Yeah, this really happened to me. Like it's not a game to me I'm not trying to figure I'm not like yeah this really happened to me like it's not a joke to me it might be a joke to everybody everybody might oh she did this for cloud she did it like I said I've been the cloud I am the cloud I've been doing this for a long time you know it's not a game it's not a joke to me like I really feel like it should be changed and you didn't even report the guy. Yeah, I didn't do that. No, I didn't report him. I didn't talk to Liv.

I didn't do none of that, y'all. That's why he's still there. They never issued a statement saying he was hiding. And it's funny because before I posted, when I posted, everybody was like, oh, you need to do this and you need to do that. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers, lawyers. But when I got a lawyer, it's like, oh, you're wrong.

You know, so it's like. Yeah, you should have saw it. Everybody was like. Whatever. I'm not listening to y'all no more. But that's just the main thing. Yeah. Internet. They flipped, yeah That's just dancing on the internet. Yeah, that's the internet, and I've been dealing with the internet for a long time.

That's why I can be Deja and I can be Dane. So just so people know, you're not suing the individual, you're suing the corporate company for discrimination. Weight discrimination. She claims, I'm looking at it now, claims because of the refusal, she suffered stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, mental anguish, fear and mortification,

emotional damages, economic damages, non-economic damages, what is that? That's the lawyer. That's the attorney. Okay, attorney fees and costs, and they left it open for other damages to be discovered. The suing Lyft and John Doe, the Lyft driver, and you're going from your house to a party

at your cousin's house. Okay, and it says, under law, refusing someone transportation due to their weight is no different than racial or religious discrimination according to her attorneys. John Doe is listed on the lawsuit though, but you're saying you don't wanna sue the Lyft driver. We're gonna leave that up to the attorney.

Yeah, cause I'm... I ain't never mad at nobody suing a corporate, you know, to get a check, you know. It's not about a check. So what is it like? I won't change. I keep telling that. But you about to get skinny on these hoes, damn. When you get skinny, I'm still gonna be the same person.

You know? And it's like, I don't even wanna, I don't wanna get skinny, I'm still gonna be the same person. You know? And then it's like, I don't even wanna, I don't wanna get skinny. I just wanna get comfortable. I wanna get to a place where it's like, you know, I got nephews. I like, I take them to the park. It's like, they running off.

It's like, damn bro, like, why you doing that? Yeah, like I'm tired. TT's tired, baby. TT is tired. Like you can't do that. Because one thing about it, skinny, like I'm tired, TT's tired, baby. TT is tired, like you can't do that. Because one thing about it, skinny don't always mean healthy either. That's true.

That's true. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I guess, listen, I get it, I totally understand. And I mean, I do want the best for you in this situation. And I think it's dope that you are actively trying to lose weight, because I think a lot of times what people do is they try to act like, you know, being plus size is okay.

And I'm not saying it's not okay, but you know that you can do better, is what I'm trying to say. And that's the thing, like I'm not advertising staying obese, staying big, staying up, BBW. I'm not advertising that. What I'm advertising is being comfortable in your skin while doing what you gotta do to get where you wanna be. I'm not is being comfortable in your skin while doing what you gotta do

to get where you wanna be. I'm not, yes be, I was about to say that F word. Yes be big, yes please. Let's do what you're doing, good job. That's not what I'm doing when I'm saying this. Yay, do what you gotta do but still be comfortable within your skin because if I'm not comfortable I can't focus on the goal. I can't focus on the goal. I can't focus on the goal

if I'm not comfortable within my body. Like, so. How many of you say the F word in your songs? No. No? No. Okay. How many of you do?

You be talking a lot of shit in them songs though. I like it, I love your freestyles. I be listening. Now that I know who you are, I've been on a deep dive of everything when you do like the little You know, I do a little setup freestyle Use this opportunity I want to see your DM

Cuz I know a lot of dudes be talking shit, but they be in your DM What's a le'all to holla? Big Mama. Big Mama. I can't say that, dog. Hey, you got to spit something. You're going to spit like four, five, six bars. You got to get credit. What's going on with you? Get credit?

What's your credit? I'm just asking. Do you have good credit? I don't know. Oh, OK. You want to spit something now to stop the taking? What I want to spit? Hold on.

Let me see. Can y'all not hear me? It's hard. OK. I'm going to ask something. OK. And you're going to sing too, right? No, I ain't going spit, hold on, let me see. Can y'all not hear me? It's like, okay. I'm gonna rap something, okay. And you gonna sing too, right? No, I ain't gonna sing, okay. When my daddy died, I got straight to it.

Told myself, mommy and my brothers ain't gotta do it. Yeah, made time, started wasting time, and started fucking up in school cause money ruined my mind. Now I got a lifestyle. Damn, what'd I say? Now I got a lifestyle. Oh shit, hold on.

That's okay. I'm fucking up my shit. Hold on. I'm fuckin' up my shit. You're gonna fuck my bitches. No. That's all I got, I'm a little nervous. We gonna play a song. Tell us what song you want us to play then. I got Cussin, y'all. We can clean it up.

So what? There's a radio, we can clean it up. Oh, okay. Tell us the name of the song, So What? You got So What, clean version? Do I wanna play, okay, we can do So What. What song you wanna play? Let's do Just Talk clean version? Oh, do I wanna play, okay, we could do so what? What song you want? Let's sing it.

Let's do Just Talking. Just Talking. Is that the latest one? Kinda. Which one you want them to run it up on? Y'all could do Just Talking. Just Talking. Just Talking.

All right, and tell them where to find you and all of that good stuff. Dank them all some on social media platforms, D-A-N-K-D-E-M-O-S-S. And we rooting for you, Dank. We wanna keep up with your progress. We want to keep up with Dr. Stoneman, keep up with Keys. We really want to see the progress.

Not just you. You know what I want to see? I want to see your weight going down and your career going up. There you go. That's what I want to see. For sure. That's what I want to see.

And when she come back, and she be smaller and bigger at the same time. For sure. For sure. For sure. For sure. For sure. For sure.

For sure. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right. Well, Dink, we appreciate you for joining us. When Dink walked in, Dink didn't know what to expect. She was like,

I know. She was like, I'm a soul man. I didn't know if I wanna hug his head or not. I wouldn't do that. My name is Jess with the messin'. My news is real. What's going on, baby?

What's going on? We appreciate you for joining us. Thank y'all. Like I said, stand with us and we know how everything is going. Thank you. It's Dave DeMoss. It's the Breakfast Club with Upto. Wake that ass up in the morning. The Breakfast Club.

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