Squid Game is on pace to become the biggest Netflix series of all time, and it looks like Meek Mill just started binging the South Korean survival drama.
Taking to Twitter on Monday (October 11), the Philly rapper shared some thoughts about the hit show, comparing the players’ deadly pursuit of the ₩45.6 billion prize money to poverty in the hood.
“Squid games’pay attention how fast people switch and kill eachother to survive,” Meek Mill wrote. “now think about the ‘hood’ poverty …it’s the exact same thing …if you just help them with work/money they won’t be that way ‘just a common sense message.'”
Netflix’s vice president of content for Asia Pacific, Minyoung Kim, recently talked to The Hollywood Reporter about issues Squid Game addresses and its insane worldwide appeal.
“I think the essence of the show is its commentary on social injustice — class divisions and financial inequality, or even gender-related issues,” he said. “These social injustice issues aren’t only Korean — the whole world is struggling with them. These elements made the show resonate strongly outside of Korea as well.”
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He added, “I would say the art — the set design, costumes and all of the colors that make it look like you’re in a fairyland playing a childhood game, except you’re playing for cash and fighting to the death — was another big piece in making the show successful. The contrast of life-threatening moments and fun music. These were all elements that helped non-Korean audiences enjoy the show too. The profound social message is just the foundation of the show.”
Meek Mill grew up on 18th and Berks in North Philadelphia. Speaking to Charlamagne Tha God in December 2019, he discussed the murder rate in his old neighborhood.
“Where I come from, our murder rate is 365 people a day,” he explained. “There’s 365 Black people getting murdered around here every day. If you’re a rapper, it brings attention to you. It brings more attention to you in those type of [situations]… especially being a famous figure and comin’ back down that low, where you have some people that are lowlives on a solo level—that, if you’re that high up, you can’t even come into contact with ’em, because you’re gonna have to kill ’em, or they’re gonna kill you, or you’re gonna end up goin’ to jail.”
“Drag Race…pay attention how fast people switch to survive…now think about hood poverty”
Message!!
Wrong message. Meek mill is so stupid its dangerous.
How ironic that meek mill would say this… wasn’t he the same person to make a homeless man do push ups and run for $20 but helped buy the owner of the patriots a Bentley?! He’s trying to fish for twitter impressions
that homeless guy needed some motivation and Mr Kraft helped Meek get out of his probation case. Sht was turning into a felony and they were seriously trying to jam him up for basically nothing. Why wouldn’t he show some appreciation. Mr. Kraft appreciates go getters and people with hustle. Nothing wrong with that
Hes saying that where he’s from (Philly), there are 365 murders a day or 135,000 a year. Actually there were 499 murders in all of 2020, meaning that he was off by a factor of 300 or so. Furthermore, this story isn’t about the hood, its about hypercapitalism. Koreas debt/household income is 190% (US is lower but still astronomical at 130%). I swear these rappers get dumber and dumber each generation.
go listen to traditional polish music and leave us to our idiocies
It is not where you from, its where you at. Being poor does not kill you, unless you choose to pull the trigger.