Teenager claims American Airlines removed him from his first-class seat
Teenager claims American Airlines treated him unfairly on a recent flight. The rapper shared his experience in a social media livestream and claimed he was removed from his first class seat. In the footage he recorded and re-shared EverythingHipHop, You can hear the 49-year-old and his wife describing their perspective on the ordeal to the flight attendant.
“We have the seats,” she shouts to the cabin crew. “I’m his wife, so how can you demote him and I can still stay?”
The New Orleans native then turns to his fans who follow his Instagram account.
Rapper Juvenile attends the GQ & LeBron James NBA All Star Party sponsored by Samsung Galaxy and Beats at the Patrick F. Taylor Library of the Ogden Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 15, 2014.
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“Man, they want to kick me off the plane, yo,” he exclaims. “They want to take me out of first class… They’re not putting me in economy, man. Nothing like this has ever happened to me in my life.”
In the background, his wife can be heard confirming their seat numbers as the Cash Money rhymer declares, “I’m getting off the plane. I’m not going to let y’all disrespect me. I’m not going to let y’all pick me out of all the people on the plane to disrespect me. So I’m getting off the plane.”
An additional clip the “Slow Motion” artist shared on X and Instagram confirmed that he was able to travel to Dallas on another airline.
“I think I know a thing or two about first class,” Juvie says, scrolling through the first class tickets saved on his mobile device. “Fuck American Airlines, all the money I spent on you bitches.”
He continued: “They’re going to try to put me in economy class. Wanker, I’ve never flown economy before. Fuck you all. I feel like I’m being ripped off.”
VIBE has reached out to American Airlines for comment on allegations that Juvenile was removed from his first-class seat for inappropriate reasons.
