Meek Mill Calls the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas 'Racist As Hell' After Being Denied Entry
Over the weekend, Meek Mill posted a video on Instagram allegedly showing Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino employees turning him away at the door.
"We are private property, at this time, with the information we have, we're refusing to do business with you, we have the right to do that," one staff member says in the video.
In his Instagram post, Meek Mill accuses the hotel of "going to extreme racist levels to keep too many black entertainers and black people" out of the hotel. According to Mill's post, the hotel had threatened to arrest the rapper for trespassing if he entered the establishment.
As Mill wrote on Instagram:
Cosmopolitan hotel/casino going to extreme racist levels to keep too many black entertainers and black people .... they said they gone lock me up.. I’m like for what I’ve been once to a party with jayz ..... Some of these casinos have a bunch of Tatics to keep the level of blacks down .... but love to take our money!!!! This happens to a lot of black entertainers not just me either!! I felt crazy being put out by these white men for no reason!
Esquire has reached out to the Cosmopolitan Hotel/Casino for comment. In an earlier statement the hotel wrote:
The recent situation regarding Meek Mill related to a matter of security, not race, and any reports citing otherwise are false ... We pride ourselves on providing an inclusive environment, with zero tolerance for discrimination. Under different circumstances, Meek Mill would be welcomed to the resort, but not at the compromise of his personal safety and the safety of our guests.
According to the hotel, the club had reached capacity on Saturday and had to turn guests away in accordance with Las Vegas Fire Marshal code.
A post shared by Meek Mill (@meekmill) on May 25, 2019 at 4:12pm PDT
In a statement to CNN, Meek Mill's lawyer, Joe Tacopina denied the hotel's claim about the club's capacity.
"The assertion that the Cosmopolitan denied Meek because of capacity concerns at Marquee Dayclub is outright false. In the recorded video, Meek also inquired about getting a meal at one of the hotel's restaurants, yet their security team continued to deny Meek and said he would be arrested for trespassing regardless of location in the hotel premises. The Cosmopolitan's conduct continues to be deplorable."
Mill posted another video on Twitter, continuing to accuse the hotel of racism.
Arrested for what????? #Cosmopolitanvegss pic.twitter.com/5OvmGBrXKv
- Meek Mill (@MeekMill) May 26, 2019
If you come from our culture you should never step foot in the cosmopolitan hotel they just really racist as hell .... something really has to be done in Las Vegas what they doing to black people!
- Meek Mill (@MeekMill) May 25, 2019
Neither video shows employees telling the rapper that the club is at capacity.
In another tweet, Mill said this treatment is part of a larger issue in Vegas.
"The cosmopolitan hotel .... and it’s a few other hotels that be doing this to black entertainers because they don’t want too many blacks on they property!" he wrote. "Vegas notorious for this too its not just me!!!!"
This post will be updated as the story develops.
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