Master P has extended an olive branch to his son, Romeo Miller, following their public dispute.
The No Limit Records founder and his 33-year-old son became embroiled in a social media spat over the weekend, stemming from Romeo appearing to call out his father for addressing the recent suicide of DJ/dancer Stephen “tWitch” Boss, yet allegedly neglecting his own child’s mental health struggles.
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After a bitter back-and-forth between the father and son duo ensued via a series of Instagram posts and comments, Master P issued somewhat of an apology to Romeo in what he says is his final post on the matter.
“I love my family, my door is always open for my son,” he said in a video posted to Instagram on Sunday (December 18). “And if I’m wrong, forgive me. I’m apologizing to you if I’m wrong. I’m still a work-in-progress, I come from nothing. Everybody go through trauma; I’m dealing with this right now.”
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“But I love going out into the community and helping people — that’s the way I heal. Allow me to heal!” he added, addressing one of Romeo’s criticisms. “I don’t have to be sitting around moaning and crying. I can’t get my daughter back. But I can go out there and keep her legacy going.”
P continued: “So let’s do this in love, let’s do this in peace. Think about it, we stronger together. But you older now, so you got to lead by example for the rest of the kids. And we’ll get through this. I’m just telling y’all keep y’all prayers, we need it, and God gonna do what He gotta do.
“I’m not gonna come on here no more, so bloggers and everything else is cool. Whatever you wanna deal with, deal with Romeo. Whatever y’all think he saying is true or whatever, that’s cool too. I can live with it. I’m at peace now, I had to speak my piece.”
Despite his peace offering, Master P’s video wasn’t without its digs directed at Romeo. The 52-year-old rap mogul accused his son of avoiding his calls for “months” and questioned why he hasn’t been able to replicate his success.
“Today’s a sad day because I gotta get out of character and put this on the internet, which I don’t want to do, but I tried to call my son,” he said. “People say, ‘Why’d you call [him]?’ I did. He don’t call back, it’s been months.
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“So my question to Romeo is: If you’ve been in the business for as long as you’ve been in, and you a thirty-something-year-old man and if you’ve been around me, watching me hustle and do my thing, why you not where you want to be at?”
He added: “Because that means you not listening. That means you want to do your own thing. You done brought your own circle of people. But you can’t get mad at me.”
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The “Make ‘Em Say Uhh!” rapper also accused Romeo of being ungrateful and believes it’s because he gave his son a sheltered upbringing.
“That’s the problem when you take kids and you protect them from the real struggle and the pain and you don’t allow them to deal with their own consequences,” he said. “And then when they grow older, they [say], ‘Oh, ‘You never gave me nothing!’ At 30-something, man.
“People can go back and look, you’ve been shining for a long time, son. All you gotta do is pick up the phone and call me or come to the house and holla at me.”
In his caption, Master P vowed to “move on” from the feud while doubling down on his belief that Romeo’s issues revolve around money, not family.
“I’m at peace now, I know the Truth. This social media rant was never about my daughter. This is about some money,” he wrote. “Houses, cars and jewelry are temporary, you can’t take any of it with you when you die. Life is too short.
“People gotta stop being ungrateful and place blame when they’re not where they want to be in life. I’m tired of people saying they love me only when I give them something. I’m not an ATM machine or a robot, I have feelings too.”
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He added: “Thanks for all your prayers, we need it. I’m moving on, going back to work and hustle for the ones that appreciate me. @romeomiller.”
Diddy, T.I., NFL legend Deion Sanders, former NBA star Metta World Peace (f.k.a Ron Artest) and comedian Eddie Griffin were among those who applauded Master P’s message.
Master P and Romeo Miller’s dispute began when the latter seemingly took issue with his father posting about Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ passing, yet allegedly “avoid[ing] his own children struggle with suicide and depression,” referencing the accidental overdose of his sister Tytyana Miller in May 2022.
Things escalated when Romeo posted a poem titled “The Tree of Trauma” on Instagram expressing his deep-rooted frustrations with his father. The poem included a series of questions such as: “Why do you feel the need to promote and hold a product on every interview just to validate your worth, don’t the people see that?” and “How come it took my daughter being born, to finally realize that we have blindly been feeding the enemy?”
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Master P fired back in an Instagram post of his own, accusing Romeo of being part of a generation that “blam[es] their parents for everything” while letting his son know he “won’t tolerate disrespect.”
“I’m the one who settee [sic] up the family meeting to talk after Tyty death, that meeting was regarding as disrespectful for being transparent,” Romeo replied in a since-deleted comment. “I pulled up to the crib time and time after that and you deflect, I’ve texted you countless times and you reply and deflect. Social media is THE ONLY WAY YOU COMMUNICATE. Now you wanna talk. Anything to protect that image.”
“I loved you so much that I followed you blindly for 30+yrs. You know we’ve talked behind closed doors,” he added in another comment. “You aren’t the man who you paint to be and why is it war because I refuse to follow ur lead. You only want to protect your image, but the image isn’t even real. And I don’t need anyone to feel sorry for me pops, I’m truly a man of God. If you are really a man of God, then you will prevail in the end, even when I share my truth.”
Master P questioned Romeo’s motives in another Instagram post. “I thought this was about DJ Twitch and about my daughter’s death,” he wrote, echoing the post in his caption. “This is heartbreaking, you just exposed that this is REALLY ABOUT MONEY.”
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“I worked hard to get my family out the ghetto,” he added. “Every time I fell off I got up and went to work, I didn’t blame anyone for my failures. You started this social media rant. So what’s your plan besides showing the world you’re entitled, spoiled at 30+, and throwing a tantrum on social media.”
