Meek Mill probably holds a Guinness World Record for the most amount of L’s taken within a one week period after Drake’s headlining OVO set last night. Not only did Drizzy perform diss/singles “Charged Up” and “Back To Back” as memes taking shots at the MMG artist adorned the large screen placed behind him, there were subtle jabs taken throughout the event. Wearing an old “Free Meek Mill” shirt during rehearsal felt subtle while having Will Smith attend had to be the most passive aggressive move seen in Hip Hop this decade. Also helps that Drake’s performance may be one of the most talked about all year based on its own merit alone. As social media and various outlets proclaim an obvious winner, here are things Milly should have thought twice about before taking on the 6 God.
Drake’s Status As A Pop Culture Icon
For a moment, let’s just forget Drake’s OVO Festival has become a holiday within itself in Toronto. Remember a few months back when Apple used Drake to introduce their revamped music and radio offerings? Then there’s the fact that almost each track from If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late managed to hit the Billboard charts following its surprise release in February. Throughout the years, Drake has evolved from Young Money’s star player to unstoppable Pop culture phenomena. Even his rabid fanbase did most of the talking to Meek before and after those damaging responses on social media. Hell, huge corporations and politicians added fuel to the fire as well. At this point in his career, the MMG artist hasn’t crossed over into mainstream. After this hard defeat, it looks like he never will.
Mainstream Honestly Can Care Less Who Writes What
Meek’s biggest gun were the ghostwriting allegations leveled against Drake that were backed with actual damaging evidence. For a majority of core Hip Hop heads, the various reference tracks from Quentin Miller removed him from the upper echelon of emcees within the culture. For the millions of everyone else, Drizzy stands as Pop’s most dynamic artist. The questionable rules within Hip Hop really don’t matter to the outside world. To them, who cares if Drake didn’t write “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” “10 Bands,” “0 To 100 / The CatchUp” or “Know Yourself?” Those singles are the soundtracks to many great moments. Therefore, the mechanics of how they were actually made matters none. The amount of hype around this alone proves that Hip Hop has officially entered a new level of popular acceptability which necessarily isn’t a bad thing.
Drake Played Chess While Meek Played Checkers
There’s a reason why Drake stayed quiet until using his own Beats 1 radio show OVO Sounds On Apple Music to premier “Charged Up.” Drake has taking more than a few pages from the book of Hov and we’re not talking Decoded. Sending bottles of champagne to Charlemagne The God moments after dropping “Back To Back” was equally clever and genius. Drake’s counter offense against Meek was rallying the people up subtly. This meant getting the Phillies to play “Back To Back,” bringing Will Smith to OVO fest and wearing the Free Meek Mill shirt. Then those memes. All Meek had to show for it was a half-assed response outside of his post on Twitter and Instagram. This is 2015, a well-rounded attack goes a long way and simple diss tracks just don’t cut it.
Meek’s Relationship With Nicki Minaj Was Fair Game
Watching Nicki Minaj break up with SB had to be a difficult time as the world slowly saw the decade long relationship turn into a petty mess. Like any good romance story, Meek Mill came in like a hood knight in shining armor. No one is going to lie, the two made good couple despite Minaj’s higher position. There was something sickeningly cute about the term “OMeeka.” The problem? The best way to injure a man’s pride is always through his woman. This made Meek an open target for any upcoming beef. Case in point: Nas Vs. Jay Z and the role Carmen Bryan played. Drake’s main offensive game came through shots against Meek’s masculinity which is sensitive spot for someone from the streets. Was there a hint of sexism directed at Nicki’s success in regards to Meek? Sure, but who cares? In rap beef, all bets are off.
Response Had To Be Jaw Dropping & Revealing
There were a few things handicapping Meek in whatever response then slated for Drake. Bragging about money and success were totally off the table for clear reasons. Out of respect for his relationship with Nicki, Meek wasn’t going to bring her into the diss record. By the time “Wanna Know” found its way to the internet, people honestly didn’t care about those ghostwriting allegations. Then there was the anticipation that became an annoying waste of time during Funkmaster Flex’s show on Hot 97. What did Meek have to show for himself on “Wanna Know?” Allegations including Drake getting urinated on and paying Chris Brown(because mainstream surely likes him) for protection. Yes, lame indeed. For Meek to truly be effective, he was going to need unprecedented information on Drake; something that wasn’t going to happen. Even then, if people were willing to overlook those ghostwriting allegations, Drizzy’s fanbase were strong and loyal enough to overlook whatever Meek could throw at him.
Dumb niggas dont know how to strategize shit they even how to spell it.
First off you see your schedule, there’s a stop in Toronto……. Then atleast wait until after he has his own damn festival in the lamest country on earth. Where all the suckers feel United. Dumb ass hood nigga.
shuuut da fuc up hater toronto runnin the game and meek jus got bodied by a singer nigga
meek pulled nicki and felt invincible. but drake wanted no parts of kendrick, commom or ludacris tho? why
Allow me to explain why benny. The reason is this is EXTREMELY PERSONAL (can’t stress it enough) due to fact that Drake always looked out for Meek. Here are just a some examples we know that are facts: When Meek was newbie in the game Drake took him on tour with him; dropped a verse for Meek’s first big single; called Meek’s intro “one of the best moments in hip hop for our generation”; rocked a “Free Meek” shirt at a lot of his shows while speaking highly of him while he was locked up; did a verse and a hook for Meek’s second album; and last but not least very publicly gave meek props for “winning the battle for Nicki Minaj,” even going as far to wish them well. Keep in mind that this is ONLY what is PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. There could be many more stories we have yet to hear. Now what type of thanks does he get??? Meek going out of his way to try his best to slander and ruin Drake’s name by questioning his authenticity as a rapper. Not sure about you but I’d be pretty pissed too if I were Drake. Nothing against any of those dudes you mentioned but none of those beefs were personal enough to really hit home like this one did. I’m not the biggest Drake fan but I’ve lost a lot of personal respect for how ungrateful and arrogant Meek is. He is going to regret this one day because the old saying is always true, the same people you see on the way up are the same people you’re going to see on the way down. Meek burnt the bridge to one of his biggest supporters. You can call Drake whatever you want but dude always had Meek’s back in industry known to be full of phonies. Worst part is Meek could’ve prevented all of this by just being silent. Hopefully this answered your question if you managed to read my long ass response.
sam sneed – this is so weird. 2 weeks ago Meek was the savior and was gonna destroy Drake with his “hard” battle rap history in phili. Now, that Drake destroyed him, the hiphop purists are saying oh what about Kendrick, Common etc. there were many reasons Drake didnt touch these guys. kendrick never did a direct diss with Drake and in fact, still denies it so why would Drake battle with him. Dude is ducking it. Common also denied and denied and denied like a pussy and when he finally did admit it was about Drake, he dropped Stay Schemin which won the battle easily and made Common look like an old fool. It was a terrible move by Common cuz he also later revealed it was about Serena not Drake’s skills on the mic (Pathetic). Another thing: the general rule is never battle anyone less popular than you, as you just increase their record sales. Jay-Z made 50 cent ten times more popular with one line -“Im about a dollar, what the f— is 50 cent”. Anyways, why cant you clowns just admit u underestimated drake’s skills. He won the battle handly from one ur “hard” rhymesayers
@ouch, this is so weird. you either replied to the wrong post or wrong person. please don’t take offense just wanted to point it out.
@The Professor…. I co-sign your opinion….
Not to mention the fact that Drake donated $75,000 to Meeks high school. Definitely was personal. He had to put dude in his place. On another note @benny…Kendrick didnt come directly at Drake, he mentioned a bunch of different peoples names for attention and said it all in a very friendly competition way. Kendrick is no where on Drakes level either. His album is different but lets be real, there are no songs from his album in the top 10 rap songs on billboard, and not even the top 20 i dont believe. So its really not selling and over all too far left. Ludacris is a movie star and not even relevant in music anymore so why even respond to him, and he ethered common on Stay Schemin, that was the hottest verse of that entire year. “She wasnt with him shooting in the gym”.
@twizzy
So basically what you’re saying is Drake is better than Kendrick because Drake is a pop artist who sells more albums? That’s the problem with drake supporters. Y’all judge talent based on numbers.
To the fools who say Drake beat Common, you’re wrong. Common destryoed him twice with both Sweet and the Stay Schemin Remix. Drake’s response on Stay Schemin was doo doo.
Rick Ross should have told meek “Yo, years ago 50 cent exposed me as the biggest fake to ever be in the game and I’m still here!!” I agree with some of the points though, it’s not like Drake made a good diss record but for meek to be crowned the winner he would have had to make a near great one. Social media and his fan base already decided it. Meek may have some street fan base but most of his fan base was from the same ilk as Drake’s, it’s not like heads really F w meek. The heads are the minority though, it’s the pop stars that run rap.
article is wrong. first off, what Meek had said was “drake does not write his lyrics”. Meek had obviously made an overstatement and Drake fans know this. It wasnt that people dont care about ghostwriting, its that they are smart enough to know when accusations are exagerrated and false. If Meek said Drake had collaborators, thats another thing – of course, no one would have cared much either way because Drake had a credited collaborator. The problem with Meek’s accusation is not that Drake is pop but at its core, its stupid. Plenty of MCs use collaborators. Secondly, the reason Meek lost is that the nature of a battle is based on surprise – you have to say something about an MC that know one thought of before and make them see the MC is a new way. How is Meek going to do that with Drake? Drake has been ridiculed forever by everyone from Day one. In fact, Drake’s whole appeal is his underdog status becaue he doesnt fit in – hes soft, hes from Canada etc. What are you gonna say that surprises people? remember the ghostwriting is clearly driven by jealous. Thirdly, this is what is missing from this article is that Drake is popular for a reason. Hes a better MC period. Its the same reason – Jay-z is popular, RUN-DMC, LL Cool J etc. He is a WAAAY better MC who knows how to “move the crowd”. Drake keeps his bars simple on purpose – they are effective. they have a double meaning for lyrical heads bur not overly complex for shakespearean nerds. Hiphop has never been about overly complex wordplay/poetry contrary to what purists think. Its about down-to-earth wordplay and trash-talking. Drake has always been great at it.
well said sir.
10000000% correct
That only made sense cause your obviously a Drake fan
I have to credit people when its due! and I Dont normally reply or read comments but just your first line made so much sense i had to read it all. You make perfect sense, ONLY an idiot would believe Drake dont write, its obvious Meek is jealous trying to sell albums, and am a BIG fan of Meek !!
You dumb as fuck
Great fuckin post!
Well thought of “The Truth, all’ y’all read this and shut up
If you go platnium it has nothing to with luck, it just means a million people are stupid as fuck
-Immortal Technique
If you go platnium it has nothing to do with luck, it just means a million people are stupid as fuck
-Immortal Technique
You’re worse than the drake stans when it comes to trolling….
Meek, how u gon call someone out for not being authentic when your boss is officer Ricky?
@twizzy that bet cypher Kendrick clearly diss Drake.
He dissed Papoose because Pap got butthurt over Kendrick calling himself the king of NY. In Paps control response he raps “You fucking joke, we laughing at you like hehehe.” ”Strip him to his socks, I bet you he got a pussy my bullets hit em dead in his cooty, come out his booty, and kendricks said “tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes (the word papoose can mean a blanket wrapping a baby might sleep in) Haha joke’s on you, high five…I’m bulletproof” (responding to pap saying you fucking joke hehehe and that his bullets hit him dead in his cooty.)
Your dick eating drake hard lol
Meek couldn’t handle drake intellect or his raps. Cassidy made a great point on the vlad interview, why did dudes on his team tell him wanna know was a good enough diss to drop? Wanna know was worse than charged up and charged up wasn’t even a real diss just a warning lool.
All he needed to consider was 3 things
1. Drizzle likes his shirts extra Pissy…so he shoulda got RKelly to sing his hook on his response… 2. Sending 6Broad a gift of Rainbow Sherbet topped w Skittles could of distracted him a bit. Its his favorite…3 Diddy would a gave him a beat…he sure gave Drake one!!
@realhiphophead your reaching bro he was dissing Drake at in that cypher. Nothing has been the same, go back in listen again. He wouldn’t have gave pap the time of day although pap did go in on him though.
Ugh… you guys keep saying “ghostwriting” but I don’t think you know what it actually means.
Have you noticed during this beef and accusation against Drake no one except Meek and Flex has accused Drake of using a ghostwriter. A$AP, 50, Q Tip, Ice Cube etc have all heard the reference tracks, are in the hip hop industry and none of them is backing the ghostwriter accusation against Drake.
I know Ural isn’t a real journalist and the article above with conclusions is his opinion and not fact but maybe instead of writing dumb shit, you should actually do an expose on how albums and songs are actually made by major artists.
Chisenga groupie luv
Be real, Drake only dissed meek cause he knew he could win. He was silent when Jay and Kendrick came him. Let’s not act like dude is untouchable all of a sudden. Dude is a light skin marketing tool for the industry, not a battle rapper.
Agree with you whoever you are man..
Im not even a drake fan like that but that is what you call “picking and chosing”your battles. what does one gain from engaging in a battle they know they wont win? some may view it as cowardly and others as smart, it depends on how you look at it. either way drake is still going strong and from his POV thats all that matters
He did reply to both kendrick and Jay
No, he didn’t.
3 peat but hhdx always mad late…..
Drake paid to be in the game. I never got that. He took singing lesson’s etc. The game went reverse with that. No natural talent anymore. I’m glad Meek said something even if Drake was the so called winner. And to these cat that think its acceptable, that’s some wack, lame, cornball. If you run out of vocab thats on your fault. Drake and Lebron. Them two think their winning like that. Who got the MVP this yr? Just cause you pull numbers dont mean a nothing if your talent you have fizzles.
“Drake paid to be in the game”
You know Drake’s a song writer for other artists too right?
Who hasnt paid for singing lessons? LOL these comments boy……how do you pay to be in the game? if that was possible, anyone with money would be in the game.
Drake shouldn’t even try to battle Mook again. cos Mook now has like 5 spots to touch…
Sumthings you got tu figure it out yourself
What a dick riding article. Drake won, but his diss was still weak. He had 1-2 solid lines and that was it. Let that sink in. The concert diss was cool tho, I wont lie. But people calling Drake god now? Lol thats ridiculous, the dude makes money off 20 year olds and stands for nothing. Give me a break.. And dont forget he ran from Kendrick
Whats wrong with 20 year olds? lol we dont listen to music?? He didnt run from anyone. What did Kendrick say that Drake had to go into a full out war with him? the answer is nothing.
he never ran from Kendrick. Kendrick never ackowledged any beef. Besides, Kendrick’s career is partially indebted to Drake. most of his biggest singles are still with Drake abd Drake gave him the Take Care feature plus the tour. 16-20 year olds pretty much determine music direction. older folks tend to get stuck in their tastes unable to appreciate innovative music so Drake having a young following is actually a good sign. When the Beatles, Elvis and Wu-Tang came out, older folks 30+ never understood it. 10 years from now his fans will be complaining about the new sound dominating and they will be the traditionalists. Drake’s diss was not “bridge is over” or “ether” but id put it close to “takeover” or “nail in coffin” or “wanksta”. almost as good as “nail in coffin” maybe and it had a similar quality of disses. There is about 6 clever disses there. and unlike Benzino, before this Meek Mill was actually a “credible” battle rapper and he has sold as 3rd best rapper this year whereas Benzino was considered terrible and was selling crap
Lol at the butthurt Drake fans. Who writes a response 3 times bigger than the original post, because of a 7 word statement? A person who wants to get drizzled on, that’s who. And what’s wrong with 20 year olds..? Nothing. But their support of an artist does not define greatness. They tend like bubblegum music, over depth and substance. Otherwise Justin Bieber is Drakes daddy.
“Kendrick’s career is partially indebted to Drake. most of his biggest singles are still with Drake abd Drake gave him the Take Care feature plus the tour.” Wrong. Drake had nothing to do with Kendrick’s career. Kendrick was already famous before he worked with him. Also, Kendrick’s biggest singles don’t have Drake on them. The Take Care feature and tour didn’t do shit.
If you lose a battle to DRAKE…. Do yourself a favor and quit music.
For everybody that says he ran from Kendrick he gave him a jab in “Language”. “Fuck going platinum I looked at my wrist and it’s already platinum.” When that song dropped Kendrick just went Platinum and Drake been Platinum.
So u consider a subliminal to be something to be proud over?
That was not a job at all.
That was not a jab. It’s just bragging for the sake of bragging with no meaning.
I think he slick went at Kendrick on “I had to do it for you” too
Drake didn’t try this shit with Common.
Can someone explain to me how drake won?
Meek – 1 he wrote Chris Brown a check outta fear he got extorted a fact 2 he got smacked by diddy a fact 3 he got pissed on fact 4 they had 4 reference songs in which drake outright used the bars fact = loss
Drake – Doesn’t answer questions about ghostwriting, best line ” trigger fingers turn to twitter fingers, put out two okay diss = won?
Agreed, everyone just rides drakes d hard.
Truth right here. Fanboys will stay ignore tho
This man that you aggressively are cowgirling cannot even compare in terms of success to his own bitch. lmao fact.
“Mainstream Honestly Can Care Less Who Writes What” – you realise you’re saying that the mainstream audience does care about who writes their own lyrics (ie. the exact opposite of what you meant to say)? It should say “Mainstream Honestly Couldn’t Care Less Who Writes What”.
Does this website have any kind of editorial process? Almost every article posted on this site features abysmal grammar. Proof read the articles before you post them online, fucking idiots
They’re a bunch of idiots.
Did you check out their miscalculations when it came it 50’s earnings? This sites takes more L’s weekly than Meek Mill. REAL TALK!
“Hip Hop has officially entered a new level of popular acceptability which necessarily isn’t a bad thing.”
This is why we’re at were we’re at. Journalists don’t have integrity- to me- with stankments like that.
Hip Hop is Dead!
R.I.P
Did everyone fucking forget?! Meek called out Drake for using ghostwriters, which he clearly does. Then Drake got mad and started dissing Meek. Drake is the mad exgirlfriend who got his feelings hurt
That is probably the most lame response I ever thought I would read. He was supposed to come back. That’s what rappers do. Its called battle raps.
Ps a real rapper would have started it with a diss track. What a maroon! !
Man who gives a shit, both drake and meek mill fucking suck. Albums are trash and this is the last attempt for the pop people to pay attention since they are now becoming yesterday news.
Drazzy is more creative and BETTER than meek milly.