Meek Mill has vowed to take a stand against the growing problem of violence in his hometown of Philadelphia, especially now that this latest crime hit closer to home than ever.
The Dreams and Nightmares rapper took to his Instagram Stories on Friday (September 1) to share a photo of the horrifying death of Hezekiah Bernard, a 12-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster on August 22.
“They playing so ruthless in Philly the self-hatred level on 1000 degrees with blacks…and it’s only getting worst [sic],” he wrote. “They need to let us fight this shit back. Me and some of the old heads can clear some of this shit up. We need the jails behind us too so it’s no escaping!”
He continued: “The wrong women or child get killed I don’t think we’ll be able to turn back. Can black people come together besides a rap concert or sports? We looking terrible.”
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According to USA Today, Bernard appeared to have a gunshot wound to his head when his body was found. As such, his manner of death was immediately classified as a homicide.
In addition, Bernard’s head was wrapped in plastic wrap when his body was found.
An active investigation into Bernard’s death is currently under way, though investigators have not given any details as to leads or other potential causes of death.
In lighter Meek Mill news, the Philly native recently teased that he’d be dropping the sequel to Championships.
On Thursday (August 31), the Philadelphia native took to his Instagram Stories to make the announcement, where he also dropped what appeared to be the tracklisting for the album.
One song appeared to be titled “Apocalypse 2” and looks like it’s produced by Cardo, and the tracklisting seemed to imply that there were 31 songs totaling one hour and 31 minutes.
He also capped off the teaser with a series of devil face emojis, but didn’t leave any other information about the album, including its potential release date.
Released in November 2018, Championships was the first album that Meek Mill dropped upon his release from prison following a five-month stint at the Chester State Penitentiary.
Take all those walmarts that are closing in liberal run cities and convert them into prisons.. Then do it like the way El Salvador cleaned up their MS-13 problem and lock up every mofo with face tatts with no due process. Clean up the streets.
lol meek think he an og, got his bag and fled to ef with the cave men like the rest of em ice cubes stay tru to the game
#1 did his time like a man with a smile on his face and never complained or told.
#2 got his bag and turned to philanthropy.
#3 can still rap.
12th and Catherine St bitch cone check us lol seriously though stfu Meek is real and respected why you hatin?