Rolling Stone’s Meek Mill Exclusive Should Have Everyone Hollering #FREEMEEK

What’s trending this morning? Rolling Stone’s exclusive interview with Philly rapper, Meek Mill. I always thought “Dreams and Nightmares” had some darkness and depth to it, but I found this interview to be very deep, going deeper than Mueller’s collusion investigation seems like it. If you hadn’t already read it, I encourage you to do so because there’s three takeaways. Without over sharing, I’m going to list them and would love to know what you all think.

1. For those like myself, who know Meek Mill but don’t know Meek Mill, this interview is a great opportunity to better understand the  history and career of the dirt bike wheeling rapper and his affiliation with Rick Ross, Jay and Bey. The history aspect is really interesting because I personally don’t believe in hollering free somebody without fully understanding the situation, but this interview reveals a great deal.
2. I must admit, Nicki choosing Meek is what really put my eye on him. I love “Dream and Nightmares” and it’s on the soundtrack to my glow up album, but I didn’t get much of his music. It’s a little too masculine for me, but that is cool. As an artist, I respect individuality. Anyway, after the two started dating Meek released his song, “Wanna Know” taking shots at Drake, and for many of us, it seemed like an unnecessary ass whipping by Drake followed. Many wondered why he would bring that type of negativity to his career, and it seems like after that Meek was taking “L’s” back to back. However, this article shines light on all of Meek’s successes and his many shortcomings, thus disclosing much of what many Meek supporters already knew. Meek does have talent and he did have wins. However…

   

3. That brings me to my next point, our justice and judicial systems are really flawed. It was odd to see this article after finishing half of Michelle Harris’s The New Jim Crow and learning of the repeated wickedness of those sworn to protect us and serve and uphold the law.  The police officer who stemmed the rapper’s investigation and arrest, Reggie Graham, has so many discretions in his file that he is blacklisted by the DA office. The probation officer, Treas Underwood, seemed to live for making Meek’s life a living hell, and the judge, Genece Brinkley clearly abused her power. I was saddened by the fact that she is in fact a Black woman. Yet I’m more saddened by the fact that even with all this evidence, Meek’s fate still hangs in the balance.

Now I’m not saying Meek Mill hasn’t made any bad decisions, but his offenses with the exception of the airport fight, were really minimal. For an ambitious individual like myself, it’s almost heartbreaking to read how many times the court system interfered with his ability to make it big. I don’t know much about law, but I hope he’s able to sue the city or state for all that he has loss. Like we talk about the system keeping us down, but Meek is really living it. I hope that people read this interview and open their eyes to the situation instead of bypassing it and thinking if he’s in jail, he had to be in the wrong. The one good thing about it though is Meek does have a base and people who support him, therefore helping to keep the scandal front and center instead of allowing it be brushed under the rug. Meek’s incarceration is shining national light on how the judicial system is flawed and profits off our Black men. I pray that he receives justices for all the wrong he’s been done, and until he is released, I now too will be one of those hollering #FREEMEEK!

To read the interview, click here.

-Fancy