American Airlines tries to move rapper Juvenile from First Class to coach, he leaves plane instead

Rapper Juvenile stormed off his plane in fury after American Airlines crew tried to bump him from first class to coach.

The 'Back That A** Up' hit star was furious when crew members asked him and his wife to move to economy on a Dallas-bound flight, sparking a heated confrontation caught on camera.

In video footage, Juvenile, whose real name is Terius Gray, can be heard yelling at flight attendants and refusing to move to the back of the plane.

'I'm a celebrity. I'm telling you this is going to be repercussions,' the 48-year-old New Orleans native said.

'It's going be repercussions to this because I'm going to get off the plane,' the rapper added. I'm going to get off the plane.'

Rapper Juvenile has stormed off his plane in a fury after an airport meltdown when American Airlines crew tried to bump him from first class to coach

The 'Back That A** Up' hit star was furious when crew members asked him and his wife to move to economy on a Dallas-bound flight, sparking a heated confrontation caught on camera

Juvenile's wife can be heard in the video insisting they were in their assigned seats

'I'm not going to let y'all disrespect me like that. I'm not going to let y'all choose me out of all the people on the plane and disrespect me. So I'm going to get off the plane.' 

Juvenile's wife can be heard in the video insisting they were in their assigned seats.

After the filmed altercation, the rapper decided to storm off the flight rather than give up his first-class seat.

Juvenile later took to Instagram to express his fury, showing off his extensive flight history with American Airlines in first class. 

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'I feel played @AmericanAir but yall not getting away w this one … I'm boarding another airline rn so Fort Worth ill see you soon,' he wrote in the caption on X. 

'I think I know a thing or two about first class,' he said in the video, before unleashing a tirade against the airline.

'F**k American Airlines, all the money I done spent with you b****es.'

'They gonna try and put me in coach. Motherf*****. I ain't never flew coach. F*** y'all. I feel played,' he added.

American Airlines responded to the rapper, saying: 'We never want you to feel this way when you travel with us. DM your confirmation code, so we can take a closer look at what happened.' 

Juvenile later took to Instagram to express his fury, showing off his extensive flight history with American Airlines in first class

But furious fans were quick to weigh in on the situation. 

'How does this happen when you are already seated,' one questioned. 

Another user accused the airline of racism, saying 'AA should change its name to racist airlines. A celebrity whom been in first class since the late 90's.'

'Back that azz up to the main cabin,' a third joked. 

The rapper, scrambling to make his show in Fort Worth, eventually caught a flight with another airline.