Meek vs. Drake 2k15: What Exactly Went Down

Unless you've been in hibernation for the past two days, you've heard about Meek Mill's Twitter rampage against none other than 119's Golden Boy, Aubrey Drake Graham. Meek, fresh off an impressive success with Dreams Worth More Than Money coming in at a total of 246,000 in first week sales, apparently was still not fully satisfied, and felt the need to come for Drake with some nasty accusations. Below, we put into painstaking detail the events that occurred on this fateful day in July.

What Happened:

We'll get to the point on this one. Below are some of the 27 tweets Meek sent out, accusing Drake of using ghost writers and not writing his own verses, particularly his verse on R.I.C.O., one of the more memorable tracks on DWMTM (smh).

Stop comparing drake to me too.... He don't write his own raps! That's why he ain't tweet my album because we found out!


Don't compare me to none of the cats that don't write they own raps either...... Lol

He ain't even write that verse on my album and if I woulda knew I woulda took it off my album..... I don't trick my fans! Lol


Meek also tweeted out the name "Quentin Miller", who is credited on many of Drake's songs, and who, according to Meek, is evidently responsible for all of Drake's raps.

                  Why, Meek???? WHY????

The Aftermath:

There are many reasons why Meek's treatment of this issue are problematic. For example, the fact that Drake is always putting on for him, Meek forgetting the fact that Drake showed him support with a 'Free Meek Mill' t-shirt during his incarceration, along with Meek putting his girlfriend - who happens to be Drake's long time friend and labelmate- in a terribly awkward position, AND the fact that he chose to "out" Drake over Twitter in a misguided attempt to be "real" with fans.


The Twittersphere took about nine seconds to go absolutely wild with this one, starting the incredible hashtag #MeekBeLike. But while the rest of the world responded, the one person who everyone was waiting on did not, until battle rapper Hitman Holla DM'd Drake.

Drake's response: *praying hand emojis* I signed up for greatness. This comes with it.

The Breakdown:

To clarify, it's a known fact that Drake, along with many other prominent artists throughout rap's history, have gotten help on verses and used ghost writers for some parts of songs here and there. Lupe Fiasco, master lyricist, explained why this isn't really a huge deal in an open letter he posted on Instagram titled "The Haunting", in which he writes:

"Ghostwriting, or borrowing lines, or taking suggestions from the room has always been in rap and will always be in rap. It is nothing to go crazy over or be offended about unless you are someone who postures him or herself on the importance of authenticity and tries to portray that quality to your fans or the public at large. Then we might have a problem. Some of the most pivotal moments in rap have been ghostwritten verses."

Whether this was over the fact that Drake tweeted out the link to Future's DS2 and not DWMTM, or something even more petty (if that's possible) is not really the point. His motives don't really matter.

Ultimately, it's completely understandable that Meek wanted to maintain his image of being a real rapper and be authentic to his fans. We get it. But the platform he chose was wrong, and, ultimately, made him seem like a petty little hater coming for the guy at the top. 

Last night, Meek shouted out Drake during his performance at Nicki's Pinkprint Tour show, stating:

"Shout out to Drake. Let him be great in all the motherf*cking lanes he great in. But I'm gon' still be the realest n**ga in this bitch!"

I'm sure he hoped to soften the blow with that one, but the damage is probably already done, Meek. Now, we wait on Drake for the craziest diss track of the century, whether he writes it or not. ;)