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

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club Episode: INTERVIEW: Dank Demoss Talks Lyft Incident, Weight Discrimination, Rap Career, Upbringing, Onlyfans + More
Host/Authors: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee
Release Date: February 10, 2025
Guest: Big Dank Demoss

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1. Introduction and Welcome

The episode begins with DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God welcoming Big Dank Demoss to "The Breakfast Club." The hosts set a supportive tone, acknowledging the recent public attention Dank has received.

DJ Envy [01:37]: "It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club."

Charlamagne Tha God [02:13]: "Happy to have you."

2. Background on Big Dank Demoss

Dank shares insights into his origins, revealing he's from Detroit and delving into his musical journey, which became serious following his father's passing in 2016.

Big Dank Demoss [02:44]: "I'm highly known in Detroit in a lot of different places."

Big Dank Demoss [02:53]: "My dad did music and after he died, I just took it seriously. He was a rapper."

3. Weight Discrimination Incident with Lyft

A significant portion of the conversation centers around Dank's troubling experience with Lyft, where a driver allegedly refused service based on his weight. Dank describes the emotional toll and the lack of proper accommodation.

Big Dank Demoss [04:07]: "I feel 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."

Charlamagne Tha God [04:50]: "You walked in and said the chair was too small... but we live in a world that's not always gonna be able to accommodate people that are."

4. Personal Journey with Weight and Health

Dank opens up about his struggle with weight, detailing his weight gain after his father's death and the challenges he's faced in losing it. He discusses his approach to weight loss, including medical assistance and lifestyle changes.

Big Dank Demoss [10:44]: "When I got to 598, I said, 'Oh, no, no.'"

Stormy Anderson [23:14]: "She's on semaglutide, which is sort of like Ozempic, but with milder side effects."

5. Music Career and Impact

Despite the challenges, Dank remains committed to his music career. He emphasizes his dedication to creating meaningful music and not wanting to be perceived merely as a novelty due to his weight.

Big Dank Demoss [31:18]: "I make good music. I make beautiful music. I sing, I rap, I write for people."

Charlamagne Tha God [30:51]: "Has this situation helped hurt your music career? I don't want you to become a novelty."

6. OnlyFans and Online Presence

Dank discusses his venture into OnlyFans, highlighting it as a platform that allowed him to express himself and gain financial support. He clarifies that his online presence is a genuine effort to connect and support himself.

Big Dank Demoss [28:34]: "I made the OnlyFans a couple years ago. When I got comfortable in my skin, it started as a kid..."

7. Discussion on Society's Perception of Weight

The hosts and Dank engage in a deep conversation about societal attitudes towards weight. Dank advocates for better accommodation and understanding, comparing weight discrimination to other forms of discrimination like those faced by the LGBTQ+ community.

Big Dank Demoss [05:04]: "We should accommodate people that are not all the same... just like we accommodate the LGBT community."

Charlamagne Tha God [18:36]: "People think they have no choice to be plus size... they have to make better choices."

8. Legal Actions and Future Plans

Dank reveals his intention to sue Lyft for weight discrimination, targeting the corporate entity rather than the individual driver. He discusses the legal grounds and the types of damages he's seeking.

Big Dank Demoss [36:57]: "Yes, I'm suing the corporate company for discrimination."

Charlamagne Tha God [37:13]: "Refusing someone transportation due to their weight is no different than racial or religious discrimination."

9. Conclusion and Farewell

As the interview wraps up, Dank performs a short freestyle, showcasing his talent. The hosts express their support and encourage listeners to follow Dank's journey both personally and professionally.

Charlamagne Tha God [41:20]: "We're rooting for you, Dank. We want to keep up with your progress."

Big Dank Demoss [42:03]: "Thank you."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Big Dank Demoss [04:07]: "I feel like I was put in a difficult situation..."

• Charlamagne Tha God [05:04]: "We live in a world that's not always gonna be able to accommodate people that are."

• Big Dank Demoss [10:44]: "When I got to 598, I said, 'Oh, no, no.'"

• Big Dank Demoss [31:18]: "I make good music. I make beautiful music."

• Charlamagne Tha God [18:36]: "People think they have no choice to be plus size... they have to make better choices."

• Big Dank Demoss [36:57]: "Yes, I'm suing the corporate company for discrimination."

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Key Takeaways

• Weight Discrimination Awareness: Dank's experience highlights the pervasive issue of weight discrimination in service industries, advocating for better accommodations and systemic changes.

• Personal Resilience: Despite facing significant challenges, including the loss of his father and battling weight issues, Dank remains steadfast in his commitment to his music career and personal growth.

• Advocacy for Inclusivity: Dank draws parallels between weight discrimination and other forms of discrimination, urging society to adopt a more inclusive and accommodating mindset.

• Legal Action as a Catalyst for Change: By pursuing legal action against Lyft, Dank aims to not only seek justice for himself but also to pave the way for broader societal changes regarding weight discrimination.

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For more insights and updates on Big Dank Demoss's journey, follow him on all social media platforms under the handle DANKDEM.

Transcript

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You good?

[Angela Yee]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's going on? Nice to meet you. Hi, how are you?

[Stormy Anderson]

How are you?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you brother? You good? Nice to meet you.

[Angela Yee]

KE got it.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Y this the only seat show?

[Angela Yee]

I got what you want?

[Big Dank Demoss]

What you need a bigger chair or something?

[Angela Yee]

She already little.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We had.

[Big Dank Demoss]

This is what I'm talking about. Good. This is accommodation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There you go. Morning, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. La Rosa is hanging out with us as well. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who we got?

[DJ Envy]

We have Big Dank Dank Demoss. Welcome.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How are you, Big Dank? How you feeling today?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I'm good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Happy to have you.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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. Make the most of the moment. Definitely.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely. Where you from?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Detroit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Detroit. Tell us about. Well, no, this is your question. Maybe.

[DJ Envy]

Go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is what you do for people.

[DJ Envy]

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 in a lot of different places. But you got publicized recently because of an incident that you had with Lyft. A Lyft driver. You ordered a Lyft and you could tell a few people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't wanna go there. I just wanted to ask you who. You always say for the people who don't know who Big Dank is.

[DJ Envy]

No, but people have to connect the dots.

[Angela Yee]

How long you been doing music, Dank? How long you been doing music?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I've been doing music for a long time. I took it seriously in 2016, so. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

What got you into music?

[Big Dank Demoss]

My dad did music and after he died, I. I just took it seriously. He was rapper? Yeah.

[Keyshia Cole]

And you were on Deb's House as well.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I was on what House?

[Keyshia Cole]

How was that?

[Big Dank Demoss]

It was. It was good, you know, it was a learning experience. Yeah, it was a learning experience. It was okay.

[Angela Yee]

Did it help or hurt you in any way, like your music?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Um, I mean, I'm doing the same thing I was doing before, you know? You know, it was okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't want to say the wrong thing. You don't want shit on nobody.

[Keyshia Cole]

Cause you had a couple moments on.

[Big Dank Demoss]

There and that's all I did with you.

[Keyshia Cole]

Like, you were really teary eyed and.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I was teary eyed because.

[Keyshia Cole]

What was that about?

[DJ Envy]

Well, explain what Deb's House is, because.

[Keyshia Cole]

Deb's House is a show where she brings Deb. Anty brings Waka Flocka's mom. Waka Flocka's mom. You know, 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. Yeah, 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. And just with the experience.

[Big Dank Demoss]

So I just felt like I was put in a. Okay. So a lot of people said I was being difficult, but I feel like I was put in a difficult situation. I was in a store. I could. That I could fit nothing, you know? So when I finally found something that I could fit, it was like, oh, that's not a boss. Take that off. You know? So I. I feel some type of way, you know? But yeah, I just feel like I was put in a difficult situation and I was trying. I was Seeing everybody able to fit things, and, you know, I'm getting frustrated because I can't find nothing. I don't want to make nobody mad. I want to, you know, look good and stuff like that. So that's why I started crying. I was. I was a little frustrated.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, you walked in and, you know, 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, now, 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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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 a house when it's like, we.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not the F word.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, the F word. I'm not.

[DJ Envy]

I heard that. You can't say in your house fat.

[Angela Yee]

You don't like it.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Oh, I'm not saying that word.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, we don't use that word in my house either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought you talking about the gay slur. I'm like, wait, I'm confused.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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. We outside, you know, if we inside is get up. Why you in. Why you in a house? You should be doing this, you should be doing that. When we outside, it's like, why. Why you not in the house?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, people would say.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Who?

[Angela Yee]

Okay, who actually told you that? Cause, like, that's crazy. I don't believe that. You know, f people should stay in the house. I mean, but.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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?

[Angela Yee]

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, his things hanging out and y'all, you know, try to, well, wear things that the smart little people be wearing.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I don't live 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 outside with my. My. 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 they stomach, they showing skin. You know, the people wasn't doing that. We had porn stars doing it, but we didn't have regular people doing it. Now they doing it. I just feel like I'm a wear what I want to wear. I'm going to be cute with it too.

[DJ Envy]

You know, I think a lot of. I think part of it is, like yourself, you're speaking up about it. A lot of bigger people don't speak up about it. Right. Mac, 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. Cause 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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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 going to give it to you for free. If you pay for two seats, they gonna refund you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Really?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I don't have that problem. Like, even if I.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I'm saying. We don't speak of that.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Like, last time I went to Delta.

[DJ Envy]

They said, delta charge you.

[Big Dank Demoss]

You might need two seats, ma'am, but we're gonna let you get on this time. I never know. I never have a problem with my seating when I get on a plane. Like, I never have problems. Like, 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, like, it's never issue with me. Like, the issue be when. When, like the staring or the judging or, you know, stuff like that. 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 don't eat. 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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got you.

[Angela Yee]

You know, I think it's more so like coming from a health standpoint too. Dang. You feel me?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Like, you.

[Angela Yee]

Have you ever had anybody that, 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, do you want to lose.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I really don't. Yes, I do. I really don't, like, lose weight. No, I didn't say that. I really don't have friends for. 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. You know, I got workout videos.

[Keyshia Cole]

You also have your weight specialist here with you. I heard you lost 80 pounds recently, right?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I actually.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Congratulations.

[Big Dank Demoss]

But people be forgetting, like, when I was little, I wasn't skinny. My brothers are skinny. My brother. I grew up with two skinny brothers.

[Angela Yee]

You mean like when you were younger?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yes, I was never, I was never small, you know, I was. Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How much did you weigh when you came up? You remember when I did what, when you came out?

[Angela Yee]

As a rapper?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, as a baby.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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, you know, I did plays, I did singing and I did cheering and you know, I did stuff like that. I was just a big baby, you know, and see, I, I like, I.

[Angela Yee]

Like big babies because like the skinny babies, they be a little too corporate. Me.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Big Dank Demoss]

But sometimes it could be cute, but it's going to stick on them and it's going. You know, it could, it could stick on them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you always look like a baby when you chubby, though, no matter how old you get.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

You have a baby face.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah. My parents, they, they did all they could. Like, my brothers were skinny. I grew up with skinny kids. Before my dad died, they kept me in the hospital for like a few months. And I actually did get down. I got down to almost 300 pounds after my dad died. I gained 150 pounds plus more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He was grieving. Depression.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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 know. Want to 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 putting my. 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 got to push myself to get up, I went to the doctor. I was 598. I said, oh, hell, no. As I told my mom, I was like, mom, I'm never going to 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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I'm sure doctors have told you, like, you need to probably lose weight for health.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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, like, as far as high cholesterol. You know, like, the typical. What people think, cardiovascular issues. Even though my. My dad died from a heart attack, his friends and his family, you know, stuff like that. Blood issues run in our family. But I never, you know. But thyroid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're giving you the wrong testing. Big name.

[Big Dank Demoss]

We trying to figure it out. We gonna figure it out. 29.

[Angela Yee]

29.

[Keyshia Cole]

I was about to say, because I.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Have a. Yeah, I was gonna say.

[Keyshia Cole]

That I have a friend that deals with thyroids, 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 because with the thyroid.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

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 taking this to Big Mac again. Big Mac lost about, what, £150?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not sure. He lost a lot.

[DJ Envy]

He lost a lot of. But he's not happy in his skin. He was happier when he was bigger. Like, more excited.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, you say he's not happy because he got too much skin now. Like, you know how you lose weight in the skin still?

[DJ Envy]

No, no, he just said he feels better, happy.

[Angela Yee]

He really want to be bigger.

[DJ Envy]

He wants to be bigger? Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, he did. He said he wants to be bigger. Like, he. It doesn't feel like he is himself.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I 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 fastly because I'm really active for my size. Like, I like to do a lot of stuff. But I saw you fall the other day on stage. That was like 2017. That was. It was cute, but I just popped.

[DJ Envy]

Out because everything going on.

[Big Dank Demoss]

It was real cute, though.

[Questlove]

Cadillac sdx.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, cut it out, man. For real.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Look. Y'all think I'm playing. Like, y'all see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cut it out. N. I'm trying to have a mature conversation. I'm in here trying to have a mature conversation. Listen, though.

[Big Dank Demoss]

It was five of us. I lived in a.

[Keyshia Cole]

Too tall for that.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I live 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. I swear to God.

[DJ Envy]

The pt.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Five of us. My dad did.

[Keyshia Cole]

Sitting still.

[Big Dank Demoss]

It's no way. I swear to God, bro.

[Stormy Anderson]

Okay.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Bro. It happened. I'm trying to tell y'all it happened.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So that's why you got mad at the lift driver?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No, no, that's not why I got mad. I. I felt like I. I should have been accommodated. That's not why I got mad. I couldn't believe that. And that's not the. That's not the. Like, like, accommodate me. That. Like I said, that was the first time that happened to me. Because if it wasn't, I would have been comfortable. I would have called live, you know, I just couldn't believe it. Like, I was just like, damn. For real.

[Angela Yee]

Okay, so they need to see this. I do believe you about the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Come on, grab one. Get on the mic, bro.

[Angela Yee]

I do believe you about the. The PT Cruiser, but how long did that car last?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She got her guy keys.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Wait, it lasts a minute. Because we had it when I was in high school and when I was about to graduate. Yeah, when I was about to. I was big, though. I was like 5:32. I was always big. Yeah, I was 5:32 in high school.

[DJ Envy]

So break down the incident of what happened now for people that don't know they heard the story.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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.

[DJ Envy]

And you want to lift all the time. It's never been true.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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. Door is getting locked. I'm just like, you ain't gonna let me in your car. I'm like, for real? So I put my camera out and it's like, why you not about to. Why you not letting me in your car? Like, I kind of peeped that that's what he was on. Because the look at me, I seen that look before, you know, so that's how that happened.

[DJ Envy]

This is the first time this has ever happened.

[Big Dank Demoss]

The first time.

[Keyshia Cole]

And you normally order because 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?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I always order the regular cars. And I feel like I don't have to order an Uber XL or a Lift xl. I feel like I don't have to do that.

[Questlove]

Like, that same car was a Mercedes.

[DJ Envy]

To the mic. To the mic, brother.

[Questlove]

Oh, 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. That's why when she saw that car, she said, okay, I can fit it now. Like, people know what cars they can fit in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do they though?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, we do. I can fit anytime.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What I got.

[Angela Yee]

You got a little link?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I got a little pri.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I can fit in there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't fit in no pri.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yes, I can. I can fit in there. I love.

[Keyshia Cole]

She just told you that she sat.

[Angela Yee]

In a PT Cruiser and she was.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yes, I did. I was in a PT Cruiser. Yes, I was. We. We was in an Escort too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't believe you can fit no Prius though.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yes, I can.

[Keyshia Cole]

Front or back?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Both.

[Angela Yee]

Stop playing with her. Both of them.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I came here on a bike.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you. Stop playing with me on no bike. Now you got.

[DJ Envy]

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 thick skinned person like Effie?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I 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, you know, 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 barely. Yeah, the oh 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, you know, But 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, you know? So when I seen this, you know, and just was like, oh, she gonna make a video about us, I said, no, I. I want to talk to y'all, you know, because y'all don't know me, you know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you. You said something earlier. You know, you compared your situation to the lgbtq, and. 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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like. I feel like I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People think they, boy, you born boring game.

[Questlove]

That's a debate right there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is. But. But for most, you know, let's just. Let's just hyp. Say they're born gay.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like I do. I work on myself, 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, but, you know, you understand.

[Questlove]

Yeah. And we have waist specialists right here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fix her. Waist specialist. Fix her mic.

[DJ Envy]

What's your name, ma'am?

[Stormy Anderson]

Stormy Anderson.

[DJ Envy]

Stormy Storm.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Stormy Anderson.

[Questlove]

Stormy gonna get it right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dr. Stormy.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One time. You know, when you have these conversations with plus size, it always comes up that, oh, everybody, that's big. Isn't unhealthy.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some people just can't lose the weight. They're dealing with issues like, you know, she has a thyroid. What do you talk to us about that?

[Stormy Anderson]

So I Been dank provider for a little over three months. Right. And she's lost 80 pounds. Your 80 pounds go look different from her 80 pounds, right. Because she started at 3, 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, right?

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it's hard, and she's too big for surgery.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna ask her, do you suggest surgery?

[Stormy Anderson]

So we're gonna try surgery after she. 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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I always told Mac. I always told Mac I would get into surgery, but he had to get to a certain weight. So once he gets down, if you want to get the surgery, you know.

[Stormy Anderson]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

What surgery would you suggest? Is it waist?

[Stormy Anderson]

Either the sleeve.

[DJ Envy]

The sleeve.

[Stormy Anderson]

The gastric sleeve, or the gastric bypass.

[DJ Envy]

Now, can the sleeve bust you? Sometimes you hear about the sleeve busting.

[Stormy Anderson]

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.

[DJ Envy]

What is she doing to lose the weight? Like, what's the procedures, you know, break it down for us.

[Stormy Anderson]

So she's on medical weight loss? She's on semaglutide, which is sort of like Ozempic, but with milder side effects. So she come to our spa every week to get her injections, and then she's on our weight loss supplements, which we formulated with the pharmacist to help her with her multivitamin. And just keeping her every day nutrition going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Once you get a man, like to stress you out, you in Detroit, it's a lot of out there. I can stress you out. You want a man to cheat on us?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I'm good. I'm focused. I'm straight. I'm good.

[Angela Yee]

But look, so she does. She needs. I'm sorry, what's your name?

[Stormy Anderson]

Stormy.

[Angela Yee]

Stormy?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

Does she need. Absolutely need the surgery? I mean, I know some people they. They work, work, work to lose weight. And then they. 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?

[Stormy Anderson]

No, she don't. No, she don't have to have the surgery. I tell her when she get to that 300, go by how you look and how you feel. Yeah, because that's a big jump from 600 or 582 to 300 pounds. That's a whole nother half of.

[Angela Yee]

She may not even want to surgery.

[Stormy Anderson]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are some things she could. What are some things that anybody her size can do to lose weight healthily?

[Stormy Anderson]

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. They 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 sit in 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 going to do it.

[Keyshia Cole]

That's why when you said. You said, yeah, I'm her mental like. And 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 the. The what she's eating and physically what she's doing. What do you guys talk through? She like, is there like, you got.

[Stormy Anderson]

To get her mindset together. Even, like with this. It's a big transition with the lift and everything. This can set her back. She can go into a whole depression when now she want to eat. She don't want to come to the spot to 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.

[DJ Envy]

Does insurance cover this or do you have to come out your pocket? Because that's another thing that could affect people as well, because if they can't afford it, it's a lot of out.

[Stormy Anderson]

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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Right?

[DJ Envy]

People live.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You know, like you're think you seem like a very talented person. You've 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, I want to, 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.

[Keyshia Cole]

When you say he's not a fat shamer, you look, do you. You don't believe him.

[Questlove]

He just like.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I'm here in the flesh with y'all. So it's like, I mean that's, that's just your job.

[DJ Envy]

You know one thing I would.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You don't like fat joke? Be honest.

[DJ Envy]

Ask me if you like short jokes.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Like, I don't know, like I. But why would I like fat jokes?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Some of them just be funny.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I mean, cuz I be laughing at the. Some people say to me, you definitely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Laugh at some of the funny, but.

[Big Dank Demoss]

It don't mean that I like it.

[Keyshia Cole]

What somebody had said to you that.

[Big Dank Demoss]

You laughed at, I don't know. But I know I just laugh at a lot of stuff sometimes, you know, I'll be like, ma, this, look what they said. But I can't. I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about if somebody say you battle rapping and they say it's a 20v one, but it's just you and another person.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I probably be like, what they mean.

[Questlove]

20V1 already. So check out my real 20v1.

[Angela Yee]

Has a car ever pulled up and you was like, I know my big ass ain't getting in there?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No.

[Angela Yee]

Does that ever happen?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No. No lying. No, I'm not. Jess, I swear. I don't like that. Like I said in a, like I said in the interview, I don't have a, a big person head. Like it's. I don't have. For real?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Look, I don't have a big person mindset. I'm skinny in my head. I'm skinny like I said, but I know.

[Questlove]

I bet if it was four 125 pound bad drunk, he would have let their ass in. He would have fit they ass then that's 500 right there.

[Big Dank Demoss]

When I go to the gym, I feel like I'm already skinny. Like, that motivates me. Like, I go in a gym like this.

[Keyshia Cole]

It happens.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Keys just made a damn good point.

[DJ Envy]

What's that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He said if it was 4 or 5, 100 bad, 100 pound women plus.

[Questlove]

You know, 125 pound bat, and they get in there drunk, belligerent, he's gonna say, hey, go get that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'll be honest with you. That's a good boy.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know what action Keys are different.

[Keyshia Cole]

They turn the music up for you and put their little LED lights on.

[DJ Envy]

When 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?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like it's when she did.

[Angela Yee]

That naked photo shoot.

[Big Dank Demoss]

No, it was before that. Girl, I just feel like.

[Keyshia Cole]

When did you make the only fans? Was that when you were comfortable?

[Big Dank Demoss]

When did I make the only fans? 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 just look crazy. My daddy be like, you look good, baby girl. Or you, you beautiful baby girl. My mama be like, girl, take that off. Take that off. You know? 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, like, popping out of my shell in college.

[DJ Envy]

So as you said, you got an only fans.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I do.

[Questlove]

Oh, they running it up, too. They run it up on only fans.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I don't know. Y'all just gonna have to go.

[Angela Yee]

How about you make it on, you know, money coming in.

[Keyshia Cole]

What you making a month?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Allegedly.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Hey.

[Angela Yee]

She said, said, stay out my pocket.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What did you used to shop at when you was younger? Lane Bryant.

[Big Dank Demoss]

No, I never. I don't shop at big people places. Like, I don't.

[Angela Yee]

She just said she's skinny.

[Questlove]

We're making some adjustments, you know, and I got.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I got me a little sewing machine, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You make a lot of your own stuff.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I like to do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you get mad at the clothing stores?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No, I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Big Dank Demoss]

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, you know, that that's my motivation, you know?

[Angela Yee]

That's right.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Has this, this situation helped hurt your. Your music career? Because I don't want you to become a novelty. Big day.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like I am going wherever God takes me. I feel like if this was his plan, it's. It was his plan. I'm. 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 helps. It helped my streaming. A lot of people is negative, but I don't. Whatever. People gonna be negative, you know, but.

[Angela Yee]

And that's whether you were skinny.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

Medium.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Or they gonna talk about me when I get small too. But it's cool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you want to get small. That is the goal.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, but I don't want to get too small. I'm short.

[Angela Yee]

No, please. Yeah, please don't be too small.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I'm like five feet. So even if I was to lose like another £100, I'm still be big.

[DJ Envy]

You're still taller than Charlemagne, though. So it's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm five six.

[DJ Envy]

You doubt five six?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Freaking liar. But I just want to be Stormy.

[DJ Envy]

Said you're five six in your mind.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am five six. Are you worried that people will only identify Big Dank from her physical appearance and won't ever really take your music serious?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No, because I make good music. I make beautiful music. I sing, I rap, I write for people. Probably some people y'all heard.

[Keyshia Cole]

But yeah, all right.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like I am a great artist, so I don't, you know, but even when I get smaller, I'm still gonna be Big Dank.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, you're right. Nobody should have to deal with what you had to deal with. I. I do feel. I do have empathy for both you and the Lyft driver, though. But Keys brought up a good point. If it was for 550 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. Like, he didn't. And he was. I don't. I don't feel like he was disrespectful. Did you feel like he was disrespectful?

[Big Dank Demoss]

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, that that had happened. He was saying that, you know, that he refused.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, I don't drive you around.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I don't fault him, but I do fault the company because it's like, this is what y'all allowing? Because when I did share my story with the world, a lot of people came to me and said they did that to them too. Even Lyft drivers reached out to me. Like, we not supposed to do that. I would have never did that to you, you know?

[Angela Yee]

You know, so you think if he.

[DJ Envy]

Was black, he would have did that? Because I think if he was black, he would have had a more of an understanding.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like when it comes with.

[Questlove]

In that. In that area, they're like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is this? Notorious fat shammers.

[Big Dank Demoss]

No noun.

[DJ Envy]

Family members that are bigger. So you understand more. You know what I mean?

[Questlove]

For the record, they never lift, never issued a statement saying he was fired or they're not contracting with him anymore.

[DJ Envy]

Did Lyft apologize? Did they reach out to apologize?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He still.

[Big Dank Demoss]

They tried to, but it's like.

[Keyshia Cole]

So they did try to contact you directly?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[Keyshia Cole]

And you didn't want to take the call? Why not?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Because I don't. I don't want to, you know, And I. And I feel like y'all need to make change to your app, you know, I don't want to talk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you want them to change?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I want them at least to like, accommodate us, you know, I feel like we shouldn't have to pay more for Uber X Sale or something like that. And I also feel like they need to be checking they worker's cars to make sure, you know, they know wrong with the tires. It's not squeaking or anything like that. I just feel like it should be like, are you over this weight? Or, you know, and they'll send you the car, you know? Cause we wouldn't have to go through that.

[Angela Yee]

Like in the app, before you order.

[Big Dank Demoss]

The car, show the holidays. Because a lot of big people, they only show their face. They don't want to show their whole body.

[Angela Yee]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

Would you feel comfortable, though, if they say, well, what's your weight? Because they do. Like, if you really think about. If you order a Lyft or Uber, they'll say, do you need a baby seat? They say, do you need. Do you, you know, have an animal?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How much you weigh now?

[Big Dank Demoss]

How much? Four. How much?

[Angela Yee]

Minus that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

80.

[Angela Yee]

Shorty.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Minus that, 84.89.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So if you put 489 and then it's just deny, deny, deny. Like, would you be.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I feel like, yeah, I would. Cause what?

[Questlove]

Like, you gotta live too. She has to Get.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Why would that. Yeah, why would you deny me? You know, you asked me how much I weigh, you know, so that mean you should have something for me, you know, But I just feel like I could fit in any car and I know I can. Cause any car that I need you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think. I know. You keep saying that.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I keep saying I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have you said you're not fat minded? But that's not really.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I'm. I'mma hop in there. I'mma hop in there.

[Angela Yee]

You not about to hop nowhere. I'm hopping.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I'm hopping. I'm skipping. I ain't running. But I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If I put my Prius to the front right now, you cannot get in, bro.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Come on, where is it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Huh?

[Questlove]

You got a pri.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I got a little Prius. Let me ask you a question. You said that the word, the F word, the fat is a slur.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yes. How do you feel growing up? Because I was the only bigger person, bigger child in my household, we couldn't say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So how do you feel about the term big backs?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I just feel like. Well, it's. It's cute. You know, I. We do have. I do have a big bag.

[Questlove]

Sound like a team.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The big.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I can't control. He the problem.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's his stepdad.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So he can't control. So he the one making all the.

[Questlove]

Jokes around the house, kind of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

See what I'm saying?

[Big Dank Demoss]

They got clap bag. He spitfire, y'all.

[Keyshia Cole]

Did you. 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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Like, no, it's. Cuz. It's not a game to me. I'm not trying to figure. I'm not trying to play around with it. 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 clout. I am the clout. 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.

[Questlove]

And you didn't even report the guy.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah, I didn't do that. No, I didn't report him. I didn't talk to him. I didn't do none of that.

[Questlove]

Y'all like, that's why he's. They never issued a statement saying he was.

[Big Dank Demoss]

And it's funny because before I post, when I posted, everybody like, oh, you need to. You need to do this, you need to do that. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers, lawyers. But when I got a lawyer, it's like, oh, you're wrong. You know?

[Questlove]

So it's like, yeah, you should have saw that.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I'm not listening to y'all no more. Yeah, that's the Internet. And I've been dealing with the Internet for a long time. That's why I can. I can be Deja and I can be Dank.

[DJ Envy]

So you. So just so people know, you're not suing the individual, you're suing the corporate company.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

For discrimination.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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?

[Questlove]

That's the lawyer.

[DJ Envy]

That's the attorney's fee.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Attorney fees and costs. And they left it open for other damages to be discovered. The suing lift 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.

[Keyshia Cole]

John Doe is listed on the lawsuit, though. But you're saying you don't want to sue the Lyft driver.

[Questlove]

We're gonna leave that up to the attorney.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Yeah. Cause I. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Like, I won't change. I keep telling that, but you about.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To get skinny on these holes.

[Big Dank Demoss]

When I 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 to. Where it's like, you know, I got nephews. Like, I take them to the park. It's like they running off. It's like, damn, bro. Like, why you doing that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Like, I'm tired. TT's T Titi is tired. Like, you can't.

[Angela Yee]

Because one thing about it, skinny don't always mean healthy either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not true. 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 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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

And that's the thing. I'm not advertising staying obese, staying big, stand 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 want to be. I'm not. Yes, Beef. I was about to say the F word. Yes, we did. Please wait. Let's do it. That's not what I'm doing. What I'm saying is, yay, do. 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, you know? I can't focus on the goal if I'm not comfortable within my body. Like.

[Angela Yee]

So how many do you say the F word in your songs?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No.

[Angela Yee]

No, no. Okay.

[Big Dank Demoss]

No.

[Keyshia Cole]

I mean, you talk a lot of in them songs, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I like it.

[Keyshia Cole]

I love your freestyles. I'll 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 how you do a little setup freestyle, you really good.

[Questlove]

You heard her sing.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank you, thank you.

[Keyshia Cole]

I haven't heard her sing. When she said sing, I was like.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, use this opportunity.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to see your DMs. First of all, I want to see your DMs. Cuz I know a lot of dudes be talking, but they be in your.

[Big Dank Demoss]

DMs trying to holler. Yeah, they be trying to get up.

[DJ Envy]

What celebrity try to holler?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Big mama. I can't say that, dog.

[Angela Yee]

Hey, D, you got to spit something. You going to spit like four or five.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got good credit. Six bucks.

[DJ Envy]

You got good credit. What's wrong with you?

[Big Dank Demoss]

What's your credit?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just asking, do you have good credit?

[Big Dank Demoss]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, you want to spit something now to stop.

[Big Dank Demoss]

What? I want to spit. Hold on, let me see.

[Angela Yee]

Can y'all not hear me?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Okay, I gotta grab something. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

And you gonna sing too, right now?

[Big Dank Demoss]

No, I ain't gonna sing. Okay. When my daddy died I got straight to it. Told myself mama and my brothers ain't gotta do it, yeah. Made time, started wasting time and started up in school. Cause money ruled my mind. Now I got a lifestyle. Damn, what I say now I got a lifestyle. Oh, hold on. That's all I got. I'm a little nervous.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We're gonna play a song. Tell us what song you want us to play then.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Oh, it got. I got cussing, y'all.

[DJ Envy]

We could clean it up.

[Angela Yee]

So what?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a radio.

[Questlove]

So what you got?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what?

[Stormy Anderson]

Clean.

[Big Dank Demoss]

I want to play. Okay. We could do so what. What song you playing? Let's do Just Talking.

[DJ Envy]

Just Talking.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is that your. Is that the latest one?

[Big Dank Demoss]

Kinda.

[Angela Yee]

Which one you want them to run it up on?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, yes. Y'all can do Just Talking, Just Talking, Just Talking. All right. And tell them where to find you and all of that good stuff.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank the Moss. On all social media platforms. D A N K D E M.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

O S S and we rooting for you, Dank. Like, we want to keep up with your progress. We want to keep up with Dr. Stormy, you know, keep up with keys. Like, 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.

[Big Dank Demoss]

There you go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what I want to see.

[Angela Yee]

That's what I want to see. And she'd be smaller and bigger at the same time.

[Big Dank Demoss]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Well, Dick, we appreciate you for joining us. When Dick walked in, Dick didn't know what to expect. She was like. She was like, I want to hug his hand.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wouldn't do that.

[Big Dank Demoss]

My name is Jess with the mess and my news is real.

[DJ Envy]

Appreciate you for joining.

[Big Dank Demoss]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

How everything is going, It's Date the Moss, it's the Breakfast Club. With up, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake that ass up early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. From Amir Questlove Thompson Academy Award winning director of Summer Soul. Don't miss the new Hulu original documentary, Sly Lives, AKA the Burden of Black Genius. Dance to the music Every day, people. Family Affair. You know Sly Stone's music, but do you know his story? Featuring interviews with Andre 3000, Q Tip D'Angelo, Chaka Khan and more. Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius. Premieres February 13, streaming on Hulu.