Anderson .Paak believes Meek Mill should’ve followed through with his plan to attend the prison reform summit at the White House earlier this week.
Meek pulled out of the commitment after JAY-Z reportedly convinced him that aligning himself with Donald Trump in any way was a bad look.
But .Paak, whose own mother was incarcerated for over seven years, thinks Meek has the power to make a difference.
I think if Meek Mill had his mind set to go and do what he had to do, I think maybe he should have did that, the “Bubblin'” rapper told TMZ. “My mom was in prison for seven and a half years and I know that’s a big issue, that’s a major issue — prison reform — that shit need to be rectified A.S.A.P.
“It’s so much cheap labor that goes into it. It really does need to be magnified and looked at. And Meek is the man for that.”
.Paak went on to say he thinks Meek missed an important opportunity.
“If they would have went in and did something, worked together, came out with something that actually helped the situation, that’s what you want,” he said. “Who gives a damn, if that’s what it is. We got how many more years with this dude? It’s like, ‘OK, this is what it is. Let me show you, this is what needs to happen.’ And they come together and make something happen. What? How can you hate on that?”
Meek issued a statement on Friday (May 18) explaining his reason for canceling his scheduled meeting at the White House.
“Unfortunately, the focus turned to the President and myself which concerned me that it might take away from creating a positive result from today’s discussions,” he said. “As a result, I decided not to attend, so that the focus would be solely on fixing our prison system. Most importantly, I remain fully committed to improving our criminal justice system.”
Whether Trump was going to attend the prison reform summit was never confirmed.
Meek was released from prison on April 24 after serving five months for probation violations. While in Chester State Prison, he inadvertently became the new face of criminal justice reform.[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Paak get a backlash in 4…3…2…..
I agree with Paak, Meek should start to think and move like his own man. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. The mistake most liberals or dems black people do is try and ostracize their enemy, which is a bad move. Work the controversy to your side
It’s crazy how trump fear mongers about every demographic when white boys are the ones doing all the mass killings. And when it happens, they always play the mental illness card. And meeting w/him would be pointless. The system is working just like white boys want it to work. They want black and brown people in jail and they want to be vultures to our culture.
legit kill yourself. what you said has 0 to do with the article. fuckers like you are the problem. keep saying the black man be held down by the white man. its been working for you right? fucking retard. we need to go back to jim crow laws cause of fucks like you. just keep it segregated. see how quick you crumble.
Question is why didn’t ,Paak go to meet the president?
1. He wasn’t the poster child for prison reform this year. 2. He wasn’t invited.
The libs told him not to go because of the small possibility that it could result in actual change.. And that wouldn’t be good for lib business if blacks weren’t dependent on them anymore….
Finally anderson .paak took off that stupid nose ring
Worrying about another man’s nose. You might be gay!!!!
Slavery us protected by the 13th amendment…what was Meek supposed to do? I mean, really?!? All Meek would’ve done is be used as a pawn/photo-op by the White House and then spend the next year tryna convince y’all that he’s not an op for the feds…that could potentially ruin his career…not that any of you wypipo (or some of you naive “others”) give a fcuk…
I thought about it when I first heard he declined to go to the White House. I think he should have gone and use the event to generate interest on the issue. Jay met with the Clintons, supported them. Those imps are not better than trump? Trump is as much a devil as they are.
Very wrong
He should not have went. No negro deserves to be in the White House unless it is a butler or maid or some type of staff that is helping with maintenance.
Your forefather’s kingdom came…and went. Sarcasm is a weak substitute for true power. You living in a melting pot and we’re the salt, cracka.
Really? I hope you’re joking. It’s 2018 and that type of stuff is not appropriate and is disgusting.
Hello no. Hell this mofo talking bout? Trump is a photo op junkie. He still pandering for the black vote. That photo op with Trump would of killed his career with the hood. Europeans do not think like us. They look for any reason for a photo op with anyone in 9office. Indeed Jay fucked with politicians cus the Clintons aint shit. But Trump is a whole otha level of devil. He’s very openly showing his cards. Meek would of looked like a sucka in a photo with him and Trump would of tweeted about it. Jay need to diss his home boy West thoe.
First off Trump is an American born and bred in YOUR society. Two, there’s no such thing as a “European” race. Europe is full of different countries, races and cultures. I agree with you on your dislike of Trump 100%, but your understanding of who people from the continent of Europe are is pure uneducated bullshit. If your looking for the nations from Europe to blame for the slavery of Africans then blame the British, French,Belgians,Danish,Dutch and Spanish. There are 50 countries in Europe, lots of those countries suffered slavery too. I wish you fucking idiots would stop using that “European” term like we all had something to do with the plight of Africans…foh. Open a fucking book or two and educate yourself better about the rest of the world smfh.
I agree that the word European gets thrown around too much. It’s like when someone is describing a Chinese person they say Asian, even though Indians, Turks etc are Asian too but are completely different people and look nothing alike
Absolutely agree with you. In Russia slavery was from 13th century till 1861, just 2 years before USA, over 600 years of people of one race using others. And these blacks still think, they are only people who were used, that white people are animals, and so on.
Ya’ll mad?
Merely making a point my friend, but yeah it grinds my gears slightly. I’m sure you can understand why. But I agree with him on trump.
HIP HOP DX. of all places. thousands of fans spend their time on your site throughout the day. during their work days, before leaving for work. and some before they sleep.
why are you just posting shit from other media outlets that isn’t in favor of HIP HOP, not a participant nor supporter. .
the “Bubblin’” rapper told TMZ. one.. at least, correct it. you know better than TMZ that Anderson PAAK is not a “RAPPER” why didn’t correct them? just a sloppy repost.
if you guys keep going the way you are.. you will be extinct in minutes from a group of really dedicated writers, contributors and editors.
do better.
I…I agree wholeheartedly after reading your comment a couple of times and reflecting. Everyone so shook bc they don’t want to look like they’re sleeping with the enemy. Plus, as much as Meek should’ve gone, I understand the reluctance due to his history with fans…Drake beef, Nicki relationship ending and more drama, plus the getting locked up. He’s barely kept it together so it makes sense he’s scared of having more backlash on his resume. Blame social media.
Meek respect j, out of the whole legendary of hip hop every song cry, I would of went to see would he choke and go Kanye
I’m starting my own hip hop online magazine now where it will only be about hip hop, you guys have dropped the ball big time
Meeting with Donald Trump want change nothing only a sucker would fall for this !!!!!!!!!!!!
He is right. Hov already made it out. He should have went and represented for the brothers he left behind in them cell blocks. If it could have got one person out it would make it worth it.