Philly rapper Meek Mill is continuing to receive support from all over the world of Hip Hop after being sentenced to two to four years in prison for probation violations.
The latest outpouring of support comes via the Rally For Meek, which is scheduled to take place in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon (November 13).
A flyer for the rally has been shared by the likes of Black Thought, Rick Ross, T.I., Metro Boomin and many others in the Hip Hop community.
“I stand for @meekmill. I hope my city does the same,” The Roots’ Black Thought wrote in a tweet promoting the event.
The Rally For Meek will take place at 5 p.m. outside of the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia.
The announcement of the rally comes days after a petition was created asking the governor of Pennsylvania to reconsider Meek’s sentence. As of publishing, the petition has received a little over 340,000 signatures.
Free my boo
#i support the movement
What about the non celebrity black men serving unjust and unfair punishment for petty crimes? Y’all rallying around a rapper who has plenty of money and friends to fight for him but what about those who don’t have a ton of resources to fight charges against them, where are their rallies and petitions?
unfortunately those who don’t have a ton of resources to fight charges against them don’t have a voice, Meek is a celebrity and this injustice against him is the perfect opportunity to help make a change in the system, instead of pointing fingers support the cause and see how can use this opportunity to create more exposure for this crime against us the less fortunate
That’s the problem right there, we have to use celebrities to get a point across? That’s ridiculous that we have to use one of the worst examples of a person to point out flaws of the justice system. There other men of color locked in prisons and jails who have better cases of injustice that actually deserve freedom. Us having to wait on celebrities to make a point and have an opportunity is fucking stupid and I won’t support that unless this rally incorporates other injustice cases and isn’t focused solely on Meek Mill, who once again if you forgot has done a bunch of dumb criminal shit in the past couple years knowing full well that he is on parole.
Facts meek deserves to be locked up the for the next 2 years he was giving 10 times as many chances as anyone else would. He doesn’t deserve this rally there are thousands of others who do.
right! where is the rally for Larry hoover, Wayne Perry (maybe he deserves to stay in prison lol)
lol is this for real!!! how has the justice system failed a man who violated his probation 36 times, failed EVERY drug test, fighting fans in airport, and driving recklessly on dirt bikes? please explain this shit to me!!!
Meeka bout as dumb as bag of rocks
hold a rally after the building is closed… who they trying to get a message to, the janitor?
Yeah instead of a Rally now they should have done interventions everytime Meek committed a crime while being on probation. Probably would have been smarter
Wow even Black Thought is Cosigning this Bullsh*t. How can be a smart person like him be that dumb??
smh @ this… the justice system has failed MANY people who were ACTUALLY INNOCENT over and over again. Special shout out to all the celebrities that need to help another celebrity avoid his PAROLE VIOLATIONS. Get behind a real issue.
Ninjas in the comment section, why you mad..lol!! we have heard y’all don’t like the dude bla black bla.. that doesn’t mean others feel like y’all.. #freeMeekMill #Dc #whyyoumad
What a joke.
It’s great to see the Hip Hop community rallying against personal responsibility!
Word up slime I’m all about making excuses instead of accepting the consequences of my actions too! Excuse gang whats cracking to all my g’s out there who don’t know how to man up when the situation calls for it bang bang!
who that sexy white girl in the background of that photo…???? #whitequeen
To compare the situation Meek Mill has created by his very publicized actions to the plight of the common man arrested then released, then violated. Meek Mill acted like an ass and was given opportunity after opportunity to stay out of trouble, but could not help himself. There are good parents who have been given stiffer sentences for violating probation for trying to reach out to their children but are not allowed to by law because of court orders filed by their partners. This is sad and it is even sadder to see violent criminals like T.I. who have been given numerous “second chances” voice their criticism of a system which let a violent gun toting drug addict/dealer like T.I. roam free while innocent people are given hard time and are forced to serve that hard time
Meeks life matters y’all haters lives don’t..lol!! being all up in the comment section won’t change shit for y’all.. wonder why y’all wasting time hating… become successful if u want your life to matter to, its always been that way.. the law is for the rich, besides the movement is tackling the whole system.. its gon help other people with the awareness..