Meek Mill will no longer be attending a White House summit on prison reform on Friday (May 18), according to TMZ.
Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at the summit, and Meek felt that appearing alongside the president could distract from his message of bringing positive change to the criminal justice system.
In a statement sent to HipHopDX, Meek explained his change of heart.
“I was originally scheduled to be part of a panel on Prison Reform at the White House to help shed light on the issues within the system. Unfortunately, the focus turned to the President and Myself which concerned me that it might take away from creating a positive result from today’s discussions. As a result, I decided not to attend so that the focus would be solely on fixing our prison system. Most importantIy I remain fully committed to improving our criminal justice system.”
TMZ also reports the decision came after JAY-Z called his Roc Nation artist to discourage him from the visit.
Meek also reportedly got calls from other “high-profile African-Americans” who advised him against it.
[This article has been updated. The following was published on May 18, 2018 at 7 a.m. PST.]
Since his dramatic return from prison that seemed like something straight out of a movie, Meek Mill has been performing and doing multiple interviews to raise awareness on prison reform. To further his cause, he is reportedly scheduled to have a meeting at the White House on Friday (May 18).
According to TMZ, Meek will be meeting with someone to discuss prison reform. It’s unclear who will be attending the meeting besides the Philly rapper. Sources have also told TMZ that other celebrities have urged Meek not to show up.
Meek will also appear on Reverend Al Sharpton’s show PoliticsNation on Sunday (May 20) at 8 a.m. ET. Dateline covered Meek’s case up to his release as well as the first few days after his release from prison.
Fans will also be happy to hear that Meek has returned to the studio to work on new music.
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Let the snitching begin
I think he should step into the Oval Office and spit some bars at the Cheeto while he’s there.
See the bigger picture. its not about trump. attend the summit and change the system. trump will be gone in a few years
And have Trump spin it like Meek Supports…Nah
Right. That’s exactly what woulda happened!!!
Jay Z needs to stfu since he was happy enough taking pictures with Obama while he was drone bombing and murdering innocent children every day for 8 years.
“Everyday for 8 years?” Not accurate. At least be accurate.
THIS WHOLE SITE IS MADDDDDD!!! MEEK IS A PROLIFIC ARTIST AND YALL JUST CANT UNDERSTAND HOW A DIRTY STREET DUDE ROSE TO FAME!!!! …..HERES A LIL ANSWER…ITS CAUSE OF HIS WINS AND LOSES MORONS!!! PHILLY BABY
Hmm interesting position to be in, but if I was Meek I would have attended. Know how to play controversy your way ask Kanye
No
Good Meek! FDT!!!I punk just wanna take pics n pretend he has tripled the black vote n has another black friend Foh! FDT
Meek is going to regret this situation. FUCK GAYZ
I take back what I say.
Jay Z is part of the international communist agenda.
Crabs in a bucket or still on the plantation, however you want to say it. Thank God for Kanye.
You know if you got the white folks in the HipHopDX comment section pissed off, you made the right decision!
this is nearly the definition of “slavery” so stupid they want prison reform but refuse to talk with the leader of the country about it
YOU ARE A FOOL, if you think the Trump Administration is concerned about prison reform, LMAO…….Bruh, like come on….STAY-WOKE!
Who is Meek Mill??
Say what you want about trump but at the end of the day he’s the president…he has the power to help with the some of the prison reform we are facing today…this is why I don’t buy this meek mill face of prison reform nonsense….by canceling the White House visit you essentially saying “This front we putting up is more important then marking actual change…
The Prison Industrial Complex goes way beyond the office of the President, just like the NRA. The President doesn’t have the power you think he has.
You might be right..but he still has to go…It would of added credibility to his cause
Good………. but I hope he isn’t that SLOW. Jay Z should not have to encourage you not to attend that meeting. He should’ve canceled way before Jay Z made the call. Trump is a racist clown who doesn’t give AF about black people or minorities. He didn’t even invite or congratulate James Shaw to the white house or tweet about him being a real hero and saving lives at that waffle house.
And this my friends, is how you CHOOSE slavery….
…or how you say something stupid because Kanye said something stupid. See how that works?
It wasn’t all that long ago that Meek was being clowned, for all the L’s he was taking. If I’m not mistaken, this site even posted a video of dude falling down the stairs. Now everyone’s on his d#%k, and treating him like some kind of hero. Bunch of f’n hypocrites!
To be honest i think meek should of went..who would of thought a kid from philly would make it to the white house let alone it being meek..thats was a plattform for him in which the message was bigger then trump..is trump a dick sure..but imagine the waves it wouldve created if meek went an spoke about an issue that many people deal with..injustice..idk i feel jay took the rug feom under him because we all know he aint gonna say no to jay..let alone his boss
Trump was going to use Meek for a photo op. Nothing but a publicity stunt here because Trump could care less about Meek. If he cared so much then why hasn’t he tried to meet with Kaep?
Fuck Kaep and fuck Meek. The president ain’t gonna talk to these low class thugs.
And duck you too.
How the hell is it like a movie that shithead came home from prison? No body checkin for this fool.
You soft ass n!ggas saying Meek shouldn’t of not gone… let him go. By him not making th visit, that making black people weak. Jay advised him not to go because of the negative image Meek would get. Negative image = less album sales. It’s all about money.
Jay z just playing his own people for profit at this point – streets is watching??
Amazing how many ignorant people there are on here that think Meek or anybody else can influence Trump on this issue. Trump only does what keeps his core supporters happy and prison reform for people of color would have the opposite affect. They want us in jail not out! Meek would be played by Trump just like Steve Harvey was. Remember that…Steve was suppose to work with Trump addressing issues in urban America. It only took him a month to learn Trump was full of shit and only trying to make it look like he wanted to do something. Since then Trump has significantly cut funding for everythimg related to the hood. Taking a meeting with someone you know wiil only talk the talk like he going to do something when its clear he won’t is the definition of getting played. Just like some people was foolish enough to believe Trump when they met with him after the Florida school shooting and he said all that bullshit like he was going to do gun reform. Schools and people keep getting shot up and all Trump got is prayers and condolences Yall fools can meet him if you want but it aint gone change nothing unless there’s something in it for Trump because thats all he cares about.
AMEN, AMEN, PREACH, AMEN…..
Other ppl got stories too bitch. The event still gonna happen. Fuck up.
Stfu you bozo. So you gonna sit and wait to be heard instead of making yourself heard? You HERB!!
Hahahaha. Having Meek Mill representing any demographic about the justice system is a farce! Learn to clean up your act and your lyrics before you start preaching to anyone about anything. Meek can’t keep his nose clean for 5 minutes. Same backward ass mentality. The system may be messed up, but your constant criminal activity got you there several times, and when given probation and a change to turn it around, you violate and went right back in. Gun charges, drug charges, actin a fool charges, etc. This leopard is not changing it’s spots.
I hope it wasn’t jay z who advised you to also go in on drake lol – jay z has been trying to keep drake out of the paint for sometime and look how that turned out – jay z is out for jay z – not rap or the culture – period
If Jay had any brains he’d tell Meek to stay away from that idiot Sharpton.
I knew he sold his soul for his career back and to get out of jail.