![]() Through it all, Mill has established himself as a kind of throwback-a passionate ambassador of classic rap who pitched street stories with a feverish sense of drama: You knew he meant it not just because he said it, but because he yelled it.Turn the music down in my headphones, yeah That noise in the background, that's my skateboard That nigga Mack crazy Yeah, uh I put my shooters on they feet I just give 'em your address, then go to sleep The money turned my niggas into monsters The white done turned my niggas into Nazis, Lord The money turned my face into a stocking Don't make me turn your baby to a hostage, boy Don't make me turn the kid to a foster My woman turn my dick into a Mazda, Lord Body parts in the duffel The bullets turn your body to a puzzle The money turn my bitch into a monster She know how to get a check and turn a zero to a comma, Lord The money turn my niggas into killas The sugar turnt the cocaine to vanilla The money turnt the bitches into hoes The money turned my niggas into foes, Lord I put my shooters on they feet Give 'em your address, then I go out to eat Had that snowman in the hood like Jody Breeze She from the hood but look like she from overseas I said, "Girl you know I love you and I care for ya I got some new shoes and a bag of hair for ya" She say, "Fuck these other niggas, they ain't half of ya Just keep laughing to the bank, it's hilarious" I got a stay-at-home gun and a travel gun Boy, we could sell white, in Africa It's like, I can't explain, y'all asked me to spit And now I'm drooling on my chain "What happened to Wayne?" ![]() In 2018, it was discovered that Mill’s arresting officer might have mishandled the case, freeing Mill from jail and, potentially, bringing to a close a decade-long ordeal. ![]() Mill continued to release music throughout the 2010s, interrupted by stints in jail and house arrest, often for violating parole stemming from his initial 2007 arrest-a case that drew widespread interest from artists and activists, including an op-ed by JAY-Z in The New York Times. Sidelined by an arrest for gun and drug possession, and a seven-month prison sentence, Mill bounced back by signing to Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group in 2011 and dropping a couple of high-profile collaborations with his new label boss (“Ima Boss,” “Tupac Back”). ![]() Raised in North Philadelphia, Mill (born Robert Rihmeek Williams in 1987) got his start with local group The Bloodhoundz, honing his skills in the city's vicious battle scene and turning out a string of solo mixtapes that eventually caught the interest of T.I.’s label, Grand Hustle. Meek Mill’s the kind of rapper who treats life like a battle even when he’s winning-or, as he spun it on the intro to 2012’s Dreams and Nightmares, “I’m the type to count a million cash then grind like I’m broke.” It’s not that his themes-struggle, triumph, repeat-are new, but that he manages to make them personal, retaining the urgency of a street artist even while working the mainstream.
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