TIA: Drake and Meek Mill’s feud was one of the biggest hip-hop beefs of the last few
years, but the pair recently made amends, even dropping a track together.
TIA: So, how exactly did Drizzy and Meek go from friends, to frenemies, and back again?
TIA: The duo’s recent collaboration on Meek’s track “Going Bad” marks their first time
working together since their highly publicized beef started back in 2015.
TIA: Back in 2012, we saw Drake and Meek Mill come together for their hit, “Amen.”
TIA: But a few years later in 2015 when they dropped “R.I.C.O.,” Drake’s feature
on the track was actually what started the feud.
TIA: In July of 2015, Meek took to Twitter and called out Drake for allegedly not writing
his own rhymes.
TIA: Based on now-deleted tweets, he said quote:
TIA: Later, he added that he would’ve cut Drake’s verse on “R.I.C.O.” had he known
he didn’t write it himself, and he apparently thought Drake was dissing him.
DRAMA: My man thought he was getting dissed.
With the line “to me the girl of your dreams is really not a challenge” or whatever.
I said bro, he’s not dissing you.
TIA: Meek’s tweets also sparked a larger conversation about Drizzy getting help writing
his rhymes from songwriter Quentin Miller, which was solidified when Hot 97’s Funkmaster
Flex dropped Quentin’s reference track for Drake’s “10 Bands.”
Miller later said the beef actually helped his career but still follows him around.
QUENTIN: I’m still the ghostwriter.
TIA: Drizzy wasn’t too happy about any of this.
A few days later, he took to OVO Radio with the diss track, “Charged Up” aimed at
Meek and his accusations.
TIA: Meek initially responded on Twitter, saying Drizzy’s bars were “baby lotion soft"
and promised to return fire, but the bullets never came.
TIA: Drake, however, doubled down with “Back to Back.”
TIA: “Back To Back” made waves.
It was even nominated for a Grammy, making it the first hip-hop diss track to ever secure
a nomination.
TIA: Meek responded on “Wanna Know,” with some cover art that featured Drake as a member
of the lip-syncing duo Milli Vanilli, and sampling the reference track from his writer
Quentin Miller.
TIA: Drake originally had a response track to Meek locked and loaded called “3Peat.”
And while he performed it at OVO Fest that summer, it was never officially released.
TIA: From there, the beef would continue for the next few years, with both artists taking
subtle jabs at one another in their lyrics…
TIA: ...and at their shows.
TIA: Finally, after years of back and forth, in September 2018, Drake brought Meek on stage
at his show in Boston to perform “Dreams and Nightmares” and publicly squash their beef.
MEEK: It was exciting, me and him actually been in contact probably for like a year before.
He already had a tour going on if it had been my tour, I would’ve tried to plan it the same way.
TIA: In early December, Meek even freestyled
over “Back to Back” for Funk Flex on HOT 97.
MEEK: I always wanted a piece of this I felt like you got one over on me on this I had
to get my shit, pop my shit.
TIA: Fans of both rappers are hype to see them reunite on “Going Bad,” which has
seen a huge spike in Genius pageviews and the Genius song chart
since the November 2018 release of Meek Mill's 'Championships.'
TIA: And now that the beef is over, who knows what heat we could be getting next.
TIA: I’m Tia with Genius News bringing you the meaning and the knowledge behind the music.