Meek Mill has gone into defense mode after he faced backlash from fans after publicly supporting Tory Lanez during a recent performance.
On the newly-launched Instagram-adjacent Threads app, the Dreamchasers boss went off on those who are criticizing him for standing alongside the Canadian rapper after he was convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion three years ago.
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“I say free young thug … free lucci … free melly I don’t even know why y’all start dealing with us if yall gone try to smear us ….,” Meek Mill began. “That’s why I stick to the trenches.”
He continued: “Narrative control starts every Monday lol nobody gives a fuck what these people talking we making real life change out here every day! If I said free MUMIA, [I’m] gonna be shamed! he’s allegedly guilty for killing a few male cop! I grew up to the black nation screaming that! Why do y’all think y’all can control us we got millions and real man influence not internet tricks!”
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Meek then warned there would be consequences if someone steps in his way and tries to sabatoge everything he’s worked for, while promising “no filter” on his next album.
“Y’all mess my shit up I’m going all the way legendary everybody gone remember me,” he added. “We came tooooo far… nobody cares about a rap image we tryna shake that shit get low with the millions and rap anyway!!!”
“I’m talking worst on my album yall night need to cancel me before this shit come out … ain’t no filter on this shit!!!”
The “Dreams and Nightmares” rapper ended by saying, “Ima leader I’m not suppose to be quiet …”
Check out his Threads responses below:
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Meek Mill’s rebuttal comes after he made his support for Tory Lanez loud and clear during his headlining performance at Rolling Loud Portugal on July 7.
“That was fucking lit,” an amped Meek told the crowd after running through his and Lanez’s 2016 DC4 collaboration “Litty.” “Free Tory Lanez too, one time.”
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Considering his checkered past with Tory and former ties to JAY-Z’s Roc Nation — which reps Megan Thee Stallion — fans were perplexed to hear Meek backing the controversial rapper.
“Meek Mill should be giving Lil Tory survival tips for life inside the slammer,” one fan wrote on Twitter, while another added: “Meek Mill is always on the wrong side of history. Even if you feel in your heart of hearts Tory should be free you just keep it to yourself.”
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Meanwhile, others welcomed Meek speaking up, claiming: “90% of the industry knows Tory is innocent, Meek shouting Free Tory should tell you something [.] This only the beginning.”
After teaming up on multiple tracks and teasing a joint project, Meek Mill and Tory Lanez’s friendship appeared to go sideways following the 2020 Megan Thee Stallion shooting.
Tory addressed his fallout with Meek on last year’s “Mucky James” after the Philly native told him, “I don’t fuck with you” on Instagram.
“Meek Mill, he used to be my dawg, he did some flaw shit to me/ And when I brought it up, lil’ cuh wouldn’t even talk about it/ Ain’t beefin’ with you cuh, I swear I’m more hurt than anything,” Lanez rapped on the track.
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As for Tory (real name Daystar Peterson), he has remained behind bars without bond since December when he was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion following a high-profile two-week trial in Los Angeles.
The Sorry 4 What rapper is facing a maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months in prison, as well as deportation to his native Canada.
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Prosecutors have called for him to receive a 13-years sentence, citing the “high level of callousness” and “high degree of indifference for human life” he displayed when he allegedly shot Megan in the feet during a drunken dispute in July 2020.
Lanez was supposed to learn his fate on June 13, but his sentencing was delayed at the last minute at the request of his legal counsel, who now have until August 1 to submit a sentencing recommendation ahead of a new sentencing date of August 7.
