The song itself has deeper subliminal meaning, referencing the Toronto Blue Jays' 1992-1993 back-to-back World Championship. In this song, he questions Meek Mill's opening slot on Minaj's tour: "Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?"
Joe Carter's 1993 home runĪ full week later, Drake had more to say: he released a song called Back To Back, further admonishing his Philadelphia counterpart. Her name never appeared in the verbal sparring between the two rappers, but her presence would be undeniable as the feud continued. Minaj plays an important role in the dispute, since she is both Meek Mill's tour partner and current girlfriend and Drake's labelmate on Cash Money Records and rumoured former girlfriend. Members of the audience reported Meek Mill arrived on stage about 90 minutes late and was roundly booed. (DailyRapFacts/Twitter)In the middle of the controversy, Meek Mill had a scheduled tour stop in Toronto with Nicki Minaj. Meek Mill gets booedĪ woman wore this shirt to Meek Mill's Toronto appearance, where the Philadelphia rapper would be booed. Kelly then came back into the fray, tweeting an image of a fully charged iPhone - a reference to Drake's response. Meek Mill called the track "baby lotion soft" and tweeted: "I can tell he wrote that 1 tho." In it, he references a $75,000 donation he gave to a school in Philadelphia - not coincidentally, Meek Mill's alma mater. It would be five days before Drake finally acknowledged Meek Mill, but it wouldn't come on social media.ĭrake released a song called Charged Up on July 25. The producer tweeted credits to Drake's albums, which acknowledge various different writers on his songs. Other voices also took to Twitter to defend Drake, including his Toronto-bred partner and producer, Noah "40" Shebib. Kelly would exchange a few other tweets with Meek Mill before announcing that he would take a break from Twitter. You're no longer welcome in Toronto, tweet received 130,000 retweets and attention from all over the world. Norm Kelly, an erstwhile city councillor and former deputy mayor in Toronto, filed his displeasure with Meek Mill to Twitter.
The day after the Meek Mill tirade, an unexpected voice chimed into the rap feud. The only action from Drake came when he favourited an Instagram video that showed a magazine cover with Meek Mill on the cover being flipped around.ĭrake would not respond until July 27.
Throughout his career, the Toronto rapper said he would never respond to criticisms of his music. "Diss me, you'll never hear a reply for it," he rapped on his early single Successful. Where's Drake?Īfter Meek Mill's freewheeling tweets on the subject of Drake's lyricism, all eyes turned to the Toronto rapper's social media.īut it was radio silence on the account. That guest verse on Meek Mill's album, however, was the focus of the ghostwriting allegations. And when Meek Mill was imprisoned on a parole violation, Drake publicly wore a T-shirt that read "Free Meek Mill." He don't write his own raps! That's why he ain't tweet my album because we found out! ?- tweet was unexpected as the two appeared to be friendly, both in the rap business and elsewhere. Drake was featured on Meek Mill's recent album, Dreams Worth More Than Money.