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Rapper Meek Mill was reportedly denied entry to the Cosmopolitan on Saturday, prompting the musician to accuse the Las Vegas hotel and casino of \u201cextreme racism\u201d in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

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Rapper Meek Mill was prohibited from entering the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas Saturday. The rapper and his attorney have accused the casino of racist behavior in banning him from the property. (Image: New York Daily News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meek Mill, whose birth name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, and two members of his security team arrived at the Cosmopolitan at 3:30 pm PT Saturday to attend a DJ Mustard concert. They were subsequently stopped by Cosmopolitan security staffers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, with the information that we have, we’re refusing to do business with you,\u201d said one of the hotel employees to the rapper. \u201cWe have the right to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a video initially obtained by TMZ, Meek Mill, from what appears to be the backseat of a vehicle, pressed the Cosmopolitan employee to elaborate on what information the venue had on him that would prompt denied entry. The rapper claims he has only been to the Las Vegas property once before, in 2014 to attend a Jay-Z event.<\/p>\n

TMZ reported on Monday morning that the casino denied his entrance to the property because of a previous fight he had there, a claim his attorney emphatically denied.<\/p>\n

Claims of Racism<\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/b>After being turned away by the Cosmopolitan, the Philadelphia-raised rapper was not shy about his venting frustration on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cCosmopolitan hotel\/casino going to extreme racist levels to keep too many black entertainers and black people\u201d from entering, said Meek Mill in a Saturday Instragram post.<\/p>\n

As of 10:45 am PT Monday morning, that post received nearly 1.5 million views, nearly 263,000 \u201clikes\u201d and elicited more than 13,200 comments.<\/p>\n

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Some of these casinos have a bunch of Tatics (sic) to keep the level of blacks down …. but love to take our money!!!!,\u201d <\/span><\/strong>the rapper went on to say in the post.<\/span> \u201cThis happens to a lot of black entertainers not just me either!! I felt crazy being put out by these white men for no reason!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There might be something to allegations that casinos turn rappers away. Last November, Canadian hip hop star Drake accused the <\/span>Parq Vancouver<\/span><\/a> of \u201cracially profiling\u201d him after being denied entry to that property.<\/span><\/p>\n

Citing \u201ca well-placed person inside the hotel,\u201d Meek Mill’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina<\/span>, told TMZ he learned that a group of Las Vegas hotels collude to deny entry to African-American recording artists. Tacopina did not identify specific properties in those comments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Legal Action Under Consideration<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

In a letter fired off to the Cosmopolitan following the incident, Tacopina, who is based in New York, said the Cosmopolitan has a list of African<\/span><\/span>–<\/span>American musicians \u201cwho should be denied access for no other reason than than their culture and skin color<\/span><\/span>.<\/span>\u201d <\/span><\/span>He noted <\/span>such discrimination violates federal and state laws and could expose the casino operator to \u201csignificant monetary damages.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blackstone Group, one of the largest private equity companies, is the current owner of the Cosmopolitan, but it was revealed last month the firm is a mulling <\/span>a sale of the property<\/span><\/a>. The private equity firm acquired the hotel and casino almost five years ago for $1.7 billion and put another $500 million into sprucing up the venue. Those investments could be handsomely rewarded as a sale of the Cosmopolitan could fetch up to $4 billion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Last week, the musician notched a legal victory after the Philadelphia District Attorney filed paperwork with the Pennsylvania Superior Court to get the rapper a new trial and judge for a case stemming from two 2008 arrests that supposedly violated his probation. While neither of those arrests resulted in convictions, Judge Genece Brinkley, in November 2017, sentenced Meek Mill to two<\/span><\/span>–<\/span>to<\/span><\/span>–<\/span>four years in prison.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Since then, the rapper has become one of the music industry’s most vocal advocates for criminal justice reform. Meek Mill is currently a resident headline performer at Drai\u2019s Nightclub at the Cromwell in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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