Roughly one day after Meek Mill called out fellow rapper Drake on Twitter for not writing his own rhymes, the Philly lyricist has shed some light on his remarks. Video footage obtained from DJ Bran from Wednesday’s (July 22) The Pinkprint tour stop in Virginia shows Meek addressing his recent tweets.
In regards to his tweets about Drake, he revealed that he was “upset as a fan” when he was given a verse Drake didn’t write. He also clarified that girlfriend Nicki Minaj does in fact write all of her own raps.
“I been around Nicki Minaj,” Meek Mill said. “I heard niggas say they write Nicki Minaj’s shit. That’s very not true…Don’t get it twisted. I was just upset as a fan that a nigga gave me a verse that he [Drake] didn’t write. Shout out to Drake. Let him be great in all the mothafucking lanes he great in. But I’m gon’ still be the realest nigga in this bitch!”
While appearing on stage with Minaj during the concert, Meek also offered an apology to the Young Money rapstress. The rapper previously called out both Minaj and Lil Wayne over their knowledge of Drake allegedly working with ghostwriters.
“I want to give a special apology shout out to Nicki Minaj for my crazy ass. Going crazy on Twitter… You can’t be messing with no hood niggas. You know we a little crazy. Make some noise for the queen one time though,” he said.
Earlier this week, in a Twitter rant that appeared to come out of nowhere, Meek took aim at Drake for not writing his own raps. He also revealed that he would have left Drake off of his Dreams Worth More Than Money track, “R.I.C.O.” had he known about the ghostwriting.
Video footage of Meek Mill addressing his Drake diss, and apologizing to Nicki Minaj can be found below (via DJ Bran and The Shade Room).
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Daylyt already ethered him FOH
I think you deserve this L
Pussy. Budden was right about you. Grown men don’t need to appologize for voicing there opinion
he apologized to his girlfriend not drake
yup, that’s right
Dr Dre has writers. 50 gave game a whole song and has writers. Mill girl has writers.Snoop has writers. Why is this practice bad for drake ? Ghostwriters have a place in music period.
Everybody and they mama kno Dr. Dre got writers. Dre ain’t no lyricist and never claimed to be. Know the difference.
50 Only gave Game 3 hooks, and he performed them himself… People need to stop believing his lies.
Backing down is not hood, nigga
Drake is allowed to have a ghost writer reason being his a soft corn flake typa rapper anyway so if it works for him who the fuck ar u,its only two things,get money like we doing over here or suck a dick or die
Meek a sucka ass duff for the pussy. Just as emotional as drake ass.
At the end of the day Drake puts out better product than meek you will never have good luck in this game by trying to shit on someone that is trying to help you elevate your middle of the road status to superstar and gave you your biggest hit (Amen) what a jealous motherfucker saying that is not gonna improve your sales meek and your girl is a better mc than you as well
Hood nigga because you Tweet people to death? That’s wild? Crazy world.
All of them have help in writing their lyrics….it’s no longer about the art anymore…it’s about getting your name out there and crossing over to POP status. Music isn’t wasn’t it used to be and behind every so called beef or controversy you always hear about someone’s album dropping soon. Drake will never be the greatest because the people that handle him are more worried about making pop tunes and lyrics with no substance. Nicki is not the greatest either…she was put together just like Drake.
let’s be real about this…how many “pop” stars write their own music. todays rappers are “pop” artist, so i expect nothing any different.
let’s also be clear that this has been going on since the beginning of hip “pop”.
biz markie…salt n pepa…dr dre
#NoShots
#IHateHipPop
#IRememberWhen
#LyricalMiracle
The difference with Drake is some people thought he could actually rap. No one really cares about Biz Markie or Dre’s rapping ability. People considered Drake a lyricist and lyricists write their raps.
Drake writes his own raps…Jus not everyone song was his idea…..DrAke is lyricist opportunist vocalist producer and song writer……U cant hate on him because he can take your song and make a hit….
Nothing truer spoken in these comments. His first hit was literally a song that Lil Wayne and Kidd Kidd got from another dude, he took the chorus, and built his launchpad off of that. Now, if you were too slow to realize that you’re consuming the black pop division today and have been since the majors ran the independent bosses out of the game, that’s not my fault. He puts songs together with his team from the writers to the production crew. That’s kind of how it works unless you were truly one of the poets in the game that got crossover success like Pac and Nas, and those kinds of artists don’t grow on trees nor are usually marketable by a label because major labels don’t want too promote that poetic, socially conscious mixed in shit, but rather get another club banger to the masses. Kendrick and J. Cole are trying but just don’t have the charisma or personality to pull it off and that’s a big part of it whether these fickle rap fans will stick with you or not over the long run.
If Jay Z has “writers”, so can Drake but I bet 100% that some of the lines that have come out of Meek’s mouth he overheard and were not his own words.
Why do people keep saying Jay-Z has ghostwriters? He doesn’t…
Jay? He doesn’t have “ghostwriters” just credited writers like Drake but no one gets their panties in a bunch about Jay.
Jay Z uses a ton of credited writers.
Hood Niggas Don’t Get Pussy Whipped Homie! U Not Even On Drake Wack Ass Level. U Garb My Nigga, and Keep Racial Shit out of your mouth.. Calling the Mayor of Toronto White , Knowing he can’t come back at you with Black.. We blacks struggling already. Dont make it harder U ignorant Fuc! Shout out to the Mayor for recognizing his Country not his skin color.
MEEK MILLY. HOW YOU GONNA DO YOUR BOY LIKE THAT??? YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THE WRITING PROCESS IS A COLLABORATION. YOUR LADY AINT GONNA SAVE YOU MILLY. YOUR A “REAL NIGGA” WHO DETERMINE THAT? NOT YOU, AND DEFINITELY NOT YOUR GIRL. NUMBERS NEVER LIE, WHATEVER DRAKE DOING, HES DOING IT RIGHT. 500,000+ #whenkeepingitrealgoeswrong
Meek ‘rappers’ have KILLED the great Hip Hop we knew!
This soon to be ex-boyfriend to a plastic barbie, is gettin’ PIMPED RAW
by the FAKEST FRAUD in Hip Hop history!
William ‘Officer Ricky – Fake Rick Ross’ Roberts……. GTFOH!
Drake fans are doing everything they can to save their boy lol. People keep saying “it’s not ghostwriting if Quentin Miller is listed in the credits”. You idiots. The point isn’t whether or not he’s a ghostwriter, it’s that Drake needs help writing rhymes! Kendrick writes his own! J Cole, his own! I don’t care about who writes their lyrics in the pop world, or Rock n roll world, this is Hip-Hop. Drake has been exposed and this L will forever be a dark cloud over his head. Guys like Kanye and Dre get passes for ghost writers because they produce music and spend the majority of their time on soundscaping.
Look at drake fans saying ” everyone has ghost writer” lol…drake fans aren’t real hip hop fans they are banwagon fans that didn’t listen to hip hop before drake..smh….he has been exposed just listen to all the songs that leaked from his ghost writer. Drake is puff daddy 2015..lol…drake fans have tears in there eyes while drinking sprite..lol
Drake has classic tracks. Meek Mill doesn’t have classic tracks. He has some bangers, but they are not classics that you can listen too years from now.
I am not a big Drake fan, but Drake is in another level at the moment compared to any rapper out there. This goes for Meek Mill, J Cole, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Young Thug and Kendrick Lamar.
When will everyone see that hip hop is fake as hell? You diss someone one day and then take it back the next? TFOH. All of it is a publicity stunt. I’m sick of these rappers and reading trumped up articles about their twitter rants. Write about the music, shows, events, culture and collaborations. Damn the rants.
I have never considered Meek Mill one of the best in the game and I still dont at the moment. His album is alright, he has about 3 to 4 good tracks.
Thought he was #1 in the Billboard Charts this album is in now way a classic. He should quit talking about being the realist and instead take out consistent hits.
At the moment is the leader in that department. Doesn’t matter if he has people writing his rhymes. He is not the last or first MC to do it and another thing Jay Z has had writers.
Who give a fuck bout ghostwriter the game fabricated anyway a lot of deez cats have ghostwriters meek mill need a ghostwriter for real the nigga tell at you anyway talking bout drake but he feature on yo album what a klusterfuck
Meek Mill shook now , nigga backtracking his slick talkin now.
I hear Birdman gave him a call, now Meek crying like a bitch.
How is Meek gonna speak on Drake doing some fake shit. When he’s signed by a X correction officer with fantasy raps that stole a real ones name. Wants to act like he’s livin by some rapper G Code. If you livin by the code you wouldn’t be ridin with no X Cop that never sold a Nickle bag but raps like he’s the real life Scarface… Fuckin sell out!!
Love nicki but she kinda fake for not taking up for Drake
If I was nicki I would had been like new meek u not bout to diss my manz like that saying he don’t write his own shit the shout him out like wtf
Meek fake fuck him #meekbelike rugrats don’t even have rats on the rug FOH
Co-signing this reply. This discussion is over.
typical. how many of y’all dick riders still fuckin with meek after he exposed his hoe card like that. i can sympathize with him being disappointed on some real hip hop shit but twitter meltdowns are NOT what’s hood my nigga. if you wanna expose the fake start with your employer.
Is there a problem with Drake having a ghostwriter? In a bubble, no. Meaning, if I’m in my car, chillin in my room, at the party, or any other scenario, and am listening to Drake or any other artist, who wrote the lyrics doesn’t really mean anything. I think it only matters when we start having that GOAT convo. And Drake is the No. 1 dude out here talking about legacy, and how he’s the best, and how nobody is seeing him. When you do that, you’re comparing yourself to present day greats like Kendrick, Cole, etc. And livin/past legends like Jay, Nas, Em, Pac, Big, etc. As far as we know, these dues have never had ghostwriters and so a revelation like this one knocks Drake down a notch because the music that made us laugh, cry, mob, etc is loses that authenticity. And it’s coming from a guy who claims to be the best. So not hating and I’m still vibing to Drake’s music. But when that GOAT convo comes up, you have to keep things like this in consideration because it’s not fair to the dudes who are giving you their thoughts and gifts rather than someone elses.
Makes sense.
Who in the hell had him in Pac, Nas, and Jay-Z’s lane, not to mention J. Cole or Kendrick either? Or Eminem for that matter, lol. Take some of those pop stars off your list and add a Rakim and KRS one to it please. Then you’d have a point. Ever since Drake came out, he’s been talking about this team of his and all those dudes show up in the credits. But I guess people slow on what that means….it means he has a room full of people helping him, which 95% of the pop artists do, even B.I.G. did that, which is why I don’t see what the big deal about this is. If you’re consuming this pop shit which all of you did start swallowing awhile ago back in the late 90s, then expect this. It’s what made Pac and Nas so unique and in a class of their own because they are true poets. Jay because he has the pen to make pop hits and not get help like these other dudes.
To claify, I mean Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and Eminem aren’t on that level with those other 3. Eminem close because the skills are extraordinary at times, but he still isn’t up there with them.
The funny shit gonna be when nikki slide off on him like she did on SB and after he making all these movies for her, he gonna look like a idot. Im not even a drake fan but one thing for sure, everything he on is fire. One of his albums sold more than meets whole catalogue I’m sure. He can’t knock him out that slot with his records so he gonna kill him on twitter over some he say she say bs. He so real why he didn’t call that man up first and ask him. Overtime somebody get shot or robbed or something meek the first one on twitter trying to school somebody. Wasn’t he with drake instigating the night of the bottles being thrown? Then after Chinx got hit he start talking about he aint playing the hood bc most the codes is stupid anyway. Thats the same nigga talking about what he gonna do if this or that happen. You little dirty nappy braid screaming like you getting fucked on the record ass nigga. My nigga jadakiss and styles p still play the hood and don’t nothing or nobody fuck with them and I fuck with them both and they don’t have no issues BC they aint forget nothing about the streets and naggers respect the fact and know that they really live the shit they say they do. BTW Kevin Hart put a picture up of the way meek used to look before he got a few dollars, nobody can tell me that meek didn’t have plastic surgery and get is face bones shaved down or nothing. That nigga face def look different. He said the money turn the noodles into pasta…..dumb fuck noodles are pasta!
ghostwriter for King Hov no way!!! but for nas n some rappers out there yes. for nas please ask immortal technique.
thanks
You obviously haven’t looked at any of Jay Z’s Album liner notes.
He’s hands out writing credits like their going out of style.
Spaz…. Its one thing to have writing credits for hooks and small shit. Its another to straight up use another person’s total lyrics. You must like that corny shit
So what’s wrong with having a little help sometimes
Hood niggas must be pussy whipped too. You know she made that nigga do that.
Who really gives a fuck about these niggas and their hurt feelings. Niggas be sounding like bitches always damn crying and complaining about shit. Man up, with Gold Bond and shut the fuck up.
same ol rap bullshit nowadays smh…niggas talk shit on twitter, then apologize the next day….squash the beef by next week and say some bullshit like “we did what bosses do and talked it out and now its time to get back to the money”. this is the type of bitch ass shit rappers do nowadays….as a fan of hip hop, theres nothing else to do but enjoy the music and mind our businesses.
So it’s bitch ass shit for owning up to your mistakes and apologizing? I thought that’s called being an adult….
eh,hes done for…
LOL Meek saying sorry now wow
“Hood dudes” so “crazy” they send shots over twitter.. then apologize for it. Sooooo “hood”
Go kill yourself, Meek Mill. I’m sick and tired of you and Drake’s gimmick. I hope Drake dies and burns in hell too.
Drake is garbage and he’s ugly. He’s not cool and he’s just a wannabe. Whoever likes him must be stupid little kids or suburban gays.
Meek Mill doesn’t have a fan base and him and Rick Ross are fake. They never lived a Scarface life. They are dumb black men and wannabes.
Meek Mill has a low net worth, low album sales and low YouTube views even though he’s signed. Who he thinks he is? Kill yourself, Meek Mill. You ain’t a gangsta. Meek Mill is a nobody trying to be a somebody. He has Rick Ross writing lyrics.
Nobody would’ve bought his album if Drake wasn’t on there. Go kill yourself, Weak Mill.
MADCHILD is still the best rapper from Canada! All Day