Meek Mill recently found himself the center of controversy (again) after a leaked snippet from an unreleased single hit social media. In the clip, the Roc Nation affiliate spit a line about late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant that many found distasteful — including Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant.
On Monday (February 22), Vanessa addressed the lyric on one of her Instagram Stories and chided him for the ill-timed inclusion.
“Dear @meekmill, I find this line to be extremely insensitive and disrespectful,” she wrote. “Period. I am not familiar with any of your music, but I believe you can do better than this. If you are a fan, fine, there’s a better way to show your admiration for my husband. This lacks respect and tact.”
Meek faced Twitter’s wrath on February 17 once the track started making the rounds. The untitled song — previously called “Don’t Worry (RIP Kobe)” on Genius’ website — features Lil Baby and references Kobe’s fatal helicopter crash in January 2020.
“Yeah, and if I ever lack, I’m goin’ out with my chopper, it be another Kobe,” Meek rapped. “Shit, I could tell that they ain’t never know me/’Cause if they knew me they would’ve never showed me.”
Lakers fans were incensed upon hearing the line and promptly dragged Meek on Twitter. The Philly native’s current nemesis, Wack 100, unsurprisingly chimed in on the debacle and condemned Meek, writing in an Instagram post, “Some metaphors SHOULD not be used. Pretenders struggle to pretend when it’s not authentic — 1 man don’t speak for #Philli -Rip #Kobe&GIGI.”
Meek Mill Faces Backlash Over Kobe Bryant Lyrics Then Calls Out 'Internet Antics'
Kobe was among the nine people who were killed on the ill-fated helicopter flight to the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. Kobe and Vanessa’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna, her teammate Alyssa Altobeli and her parents John and Keri Altobeli, another teammate Payton Chester and her mother Sarah Chester, pilot Ara Zobayan and Gianna’s former coach Christina Mauser all lost their lives that day.
“i am not familiar with any of your music”…. aww mane she aint have to disrespect him like that LOL. Meek did it to himself. He’s lucky Jay-Z, Beyonce and some old rich white guys threw the Meek Mill pity party and the whole industry jumped back on board. If he had any common sense or intelligence he would have been off probation and no one would have had to “Free Meek” from his own stupid choices. Time after time Meek continually shows us how lame he is. His whole career he’s been doing lame shit and playing victim.
Everything tour said was on point! Meek is an immature idiot who’s career would we over if it weren’t for those powerful designs.
He should be humbled and appreciative of the second opportunity instead he just keeps running his mouth acting like he was on the level of Jcole, Kendrick, Drake who are always well behaved and respectful.
Word to circa ’96 Chino XL
Meek has got to respond to that, I really do believe he can say what he wants, but this is a scenario where you gotta man up and apologize even if you feel like it’s Fairplay.
Meek shouldn’t have gone there, but in all fairness, Kobe was a hip hop head and he’s probably somewhere chuckling at that line because he understood that sometimes emcees say outlandish shit
It isn’t disrespectful at all. It’s accurate. Song sucks anyway. But its a non issue
They really trying to smear meek.
Rightfully so! He’s legit retarded. I don’t understand how anyone can be so stupid but he just does it again and again.
Meek Mill is an L magnet. He needs a new team to keep him in check and off the internet.
video vixen turned royalty i suppose, maybe dont take helipcopters to middle school gorls bb practices and this isnt an issue, just enjoy all ya mans sweay equity and go away, u was the background then be the background now
Eat a dogs ass u bum
Fire line tho
Meek mill a special kind of stupid.
the helicopter was flying to its destination but then swerves over to the left side and crashes. seriously?
Meek Mill has always been pure trash, annoying AF
Not a meek fan at all. It is pretty dumb to chastise someone for a leaked snippet. Clearly he went to far and didn’t release the track. If I write something offensive, realize its offensive then ball it up and throw it in the garbage than thats what it is. He might not be smart but he showed discernment.
This fool taking L after L he needs to cool J. Everybody on MMG a bum still after getting on or a drug addict with no money laid for dentistry. Not too mention that photo of a soggy French fry on his dirty bum looking leg, it ain’t all bad tho after seeing that photo I cut French fries out my cheat meals shit was FOUL.
Why is Meek Mill incapable of shutting his dumbass mouth for five fucking minutes?
NEVER speak ill on Kobe, Nipsey, Biggie, or Pac…Never!