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if black lives matter so much, why the fuk do they bust so many caps in each other in da f'n hood?
sends me the message black lives ain't worth a shit for nothin'.....
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Update: Meek Mill will sue Cosmo for "racism"
9:08 AM PT -- Meek's lawyer is doubling down, telling us he believes the Cosmo and other Vegas hotels are discriminating against black hip-hop artists and illegally circulating a banned list.
DISGUISTING BEHAVIORTMZ.com
Tacopina says the properties are treating the rappers like dogs, and acting like it's the days of Tupac and Biggie all over again.
He adds that the video of Meek being denied and threatened is all the proof needed to show there's something seriously messed up going on in Sin City.
Meek Mill will file a lawsuit this week against the Cosmopolitan hotel in Vegas for ordering him to leave the grounds and threatening him with arrest, and his lawyer vows to destroy the hotel for its actions.
Meek's celeb lawyer, Joe Tacopina, tells TMZ, he will ask for "heavy monetary damages" for "lying and humiliating Meek," adding, "I'm going to take this place down because of what they did."
Tacopina claims there's a list of black rappers who are persona non grata at a group of Vegas hotels. Cosmo denies it excludes anyone because of race, but Tacopina tells us he's already identified 2 other rappers -- Yo Gotti and BlocBoy JB -- who claim other Vegas hotels have denied them because they're black rappers.
TMZ broke the story, Meek and his crew were going to see DJ Mustard Saturday at the Marquee Nightclub at the hotel but they were met by security as they pulled up and were ordered to leave, and if they got out of the car they'd be arrested for trespassing.
DENIED, NO REASONTMZ.com
The hotel tells TMZ, they do not discriminate against anyone ... They wouldn't let Meek in because Marquee was at capacity and they had told him that before he left for the hotel. There are problems with the hotel's story. First, you hear a security guard in the video say they denied him because of a prior incident. Meek seemed baffled and repeatedly asked for specifics, but the hotel security guy wouldn't say.
WHAT ABOUT GRABBING FOOD?
There's also this ... Meek asked if he could go inside the hotel to get something to eat, but he was still denied. Presumably, the restaurants were not at capacity.
TMZ broke the story ... Tacopina fired off a letter to the Cosmo just after the incident demanding an apology and entrance to the club, but the hotel didn't respond. Tacopina says it's now game on.
Tacopina claims the Cosmo is scrambling now, coming up with 2 different versions of events, both of which he says are lies -- that Meek was involved in a prior incident, and he was denied because the club was at capacity.
Tacopina says, "Show us one other incident where a white individual was denied hotel club access or access to the grounds because Marquee was full?"
The lawsuit will allege racial discrimination under state and federal law as well as defamation.
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Just ordered my FREE MEEK shirt for vacation in July, booked at Cosmo 7th-12th for the Series
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tacopina would be well served to lay off the blow and/or bath salts.....
shit's makin' him paranoid.....Comment -
There used to be a day a business could refuse anybody’s business.
If you want to be a rude prick, then you can be 86’d from anywhere.
Nobody has a right to abuse employees from any company.
This entitlement people are pushing is wrong.Comment -
damn sweet! (even if it is a hold over from his gun charge incarceration days)....
and it's bound to go over a lot better than this shirt did, when it was all I had left clean after a week of out of town depositions when I lived in so cal, and had to walk through LAX wearing it in 1993:
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Us Philly cats stick together.....FREE MEEK!
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I'll be at Cosmo July 7th with my Free Meek shirt....#PhillyComment -
He complains how he gets treated....dude probably gets treated like royalty everywhere.
If you hate Vegas so much, quit going.Comment -
Update #2, Cosmo will "apologize" to Meek Mill
The Cosmopolitan hotel will publicly apologize to Meek Mill for threatening him with arrest if he stepped onto hotel grounds, and Meek will accept the apology ... TMZ has learned. Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell us, the Cosmo will issue a "significant public apology" expressing regret and accepting fault when Meek was told last Saturday to leave the hotel ... or else.
TMZ broke the story, Meek's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, prepared a lawsuit he intended to file this week against the hotel, claiming racial discrimination and defamation. Tacopina claims there is a blacklist for black rappers at the hotel, but hotel sources say that's BS.
We've also learned the lawyer for O.J. Simpson reached out to Tacopina, saying O.J. had been mistreated by the hotel as well. In November 2017, hotel staff kicked O.J. out after the staff claimed he was intoxicated and unruly. He was permanently banned from the grounds.
We're also told Snoop Dogg's people reached out and claimed mistreatment by the Cosmo.
In the end, there will be no lawsuit and everyone is putting this behind them.
TMZ broke the story, Meek and his crew showed up to attend a party at Marquee Saturday -- located inside the Cosmo -- but security wouldn't let them in. In a video, obtained by TMZ, the security guard tells Meek he can't come in because of a prior incident ... but won't give Meek any specifics on what happened.
DENIED, NO REASONTMZ.com
The Cosmo later released a statement saying Meek was denied entry because Marquee had reached capacity, and they informed him before he even arrived he wouldn't be allowed inside. However, Meek's attorney, Joe Tacopina, says the ban was solely based on skin color.Comment -
Update #2, Cosmo will "apologize" to Meek Mill
The Cosmopolitan hotel will publicly apologize to Meek Mill for threatening him with arrest if he stepped onto hotel grounds, and Meek will accept the apology ... TMZ has learned. Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell us, the Cosmo will issue a "significant public apology" expressing regret and accepting fault when Meek was told last Saturday to leave the hotel ... or else.
TMZ broke the story, Meek's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, prepared a lawsuit he intended to file this week against the hotel, claiming racial discrimination and defamation. Tacopina claims there is a blacklist for black rappers at the hotel, but hotel sources say that's BS.
We've also learned the lawyer for O.J. Simpson reached out to Tacopina, saying O.J. had been mistreated by the hotel as well. In November 2017, hotel staff kicked O.J. out after the staff claimed he was intoxicated and unruly. He was permanently banned from the grounds.
We're also told Snoop Dogg's people reached out and claimed mistreatment by the Cosmo.
In the end, there will be no lawsuit and everyone is putting this behind them.
TMZ broke the story, Meek and his crew showed up to attend a party at Marquee Saturday -- located inside the Cosmo -- but security wouldn't let them in. In a video, obtained by TMZ, the security guard tells Meek he can't come in because of a prior incident ... but won't give Meek any specifics on what happened.
DENIED, NO REASONTMZ.com
The Cosmo later released a statement saying Meek was denied entry because Marquee had reached capacity, and they informed him before he even arrived he wouldn't be allowed inside. However, Meek's attorney, Joe Tacopina, says the ban was solely based on skin color.
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meek should still be in prison. Robert kraft should've minded his own business.Comment
