Is Vegas’ Cosmopolitan Hotel Racist?
This past Saturday, rapper Meek Mill showed up to the Marquee club in the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vegas, but was denied entrance by a security, who cited a “prior incident” as their reasoning to deny him entrance, but refused to elaborate. The hotel said they would arrest the rapper if he set foot on the grounds.
After TMZ broke the story, several other black celebrities came forward claiming they had been discriminated against by the hotel, including Snoop Dogg and OJ Simpson. Via TMZ:
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.
What do you think?